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Spuzzum: Fraser Canyon Histories 1808-1939
Annie York
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Description for Spuzzum: Fraser Canyon Histories 1808-1939
Hardback. Juxtaposing historical narratives and cultural interpretation, this book explores the history of Spuzzum and the Nlaka'pamux people on the turbulent Fraser River. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 590.
Living on the banks of the turbulent Fraser River, the Nlaka'pamux people of Spuzzum have a long history of contact with non-aboriginal peoples. They watched as Hudson's Bay Company employees hacked a path through the mountains for the fur brigades, and over time they found themselves in the path of the Cariboo road, the CPR, and virtually every commercial and province-building initiative undertaken in the region over the past two centuries. Juxtaposing historical narratives and cultural interpretation from the community of Spuzzum with archival information, this book explores the history of Spuzzum in the light of concepts central to the ... Read more
Living on the banks of the turbulent Fraser River, the Nlaka'pamux people of Spuzzum have a long history of contact with non-aboriginal peoples. They watched as Hudson's Bay Company employees hacked a path through the mountains for the fur brigades, and over time they found themselves in the path of the Cariboo road, the CPR, and virtually every commercial and province-building initiative undertaken in the region over the past two centuries. Juxtaposing historical narratives and cultural interpretation from the community of Spuzzum with archival information, this book explores the history of Spuzzum in the light of concepts central to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774806664
SKU
V9780774806664
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Ref
99-1
About Annie York
Andrea Laforet is director of the Canadian Ethnology Service at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Annie York (1904-91) was born in Spuzzum and lived there most of her adult life.
Reviews for Spuzzum: Fraser Canyon Histories 1808-1939
This text is lucid and jargon-free, and the photographs interesting and well placed ... Spuzzum will certainly be of interest to anthropologists, local historians, and specialists who have been following the debate on the writing of Native history.
Kerry Abel
Canadian Book Review Annual 4163
A sympathetic re-creation of the native side of that history. This is ... Read more
Kerry Abel
Canadian Book Review Annual 4163
A sympathetic re-creation of the native side of that history. This is ... Read more