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Gunboat frontier : British maritime authority and Northwest coast Indians, 1846-90 Cover Image Book Book

Gunboat frontier : British maritime authority and Northwest coast Indians, 1846-90 / Barry M. Gough.

Gough, Barry M., 1938- (author.).

Summary:

"Gunboat Frontier presents a different interpretation of Indian-white relations in nineteenth-century British Columbia, focusing on the interaction of West Coast Indians with British law and authority. This authority was exercised by officers, seamen, marines, and ships of the Royal Navy on behalf of the colonial governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia and, after 1871, of Canada. Barry Gough presents new historical evidence provided by the Admiralty Papers, an important source of information about nineteenth-century Northwest Coast Indian life. Drawing on these andother archival and governmental records, he chronicles encounters between the Royal Navy and the Indians over missions, piracies, Native slavery, liquor trafficking and crimes against persons and property, leading to the final cases of 'gunboat diplomacy' used against local Indians in the late 1880s."-- from publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780774801751
  • ISBN: 0774801751
  • Physical Description: xvii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : University of British Columbia Press, 1984.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references (pages [267]-270) and index (pages [271]-287).
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
Donation (copy 2) ; William C. Wonders ; 2008/03.

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Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy > History > 19th century.
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Grande-Bretagne. Royal Navy > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pacifique, Côte du (C.-B.) > Histoire.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library 971.102 Goug (Text) 33294002123719 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Prince Rupert Library NWHC 971.102 Goug (Text) 33294000247023 Northwest History Collection - Non-Circulating Not holdable Available -

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