Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. The Earliest Pages of History 11
6. Pioneers, Railways, and Civilization: The Late Nineteenth Century 30
7. A Greater Britain on the Pacific: History in the Edwardian Age 47
8. The Domain of History: Judge Frederic Howay 71
9. A Professional Past: The University of British Columbia and Walter Sage 95
10. W. Kaye Lamb, Margaret Ormsby, and a First Generation of BC Historians 120
11. Conclusion 149
12. Notes 153
13. Bibliography of Primary Sources 188
14. Index 201