Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Alexander Caulfield Anderson, Fur Trader and Scholar 1
5. Extract from the Biographical Dictionary of Well-Known British Columbians 5
6. The Massacre a t Chinlac 9
7. A Greater Britain on the Pacific. 14
8. The Settlement and Progress of British Columbia, 1871-1914 23
9. The Introduction of Intoxicating Liquors Amongst the Indians of the Northwest Coast. 44
10. British Columbia Becomes Canadian, 1871-1901 57
11. Party History in British Columbia, 1903-1933 70
12. Extract from the Introduction to The Letters and Journals o f Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 82
13. Canada and the New British Columbia 96
14. British Columbia’s American Heritage 113
15. A Colonial Administration: An Analysis of Administration in British Columbia, 1869-1871 122
16. An Outline of the Economic History of British Columbia, 1881-1951 152
17. Patterns of Trade and Investment on the Pacific Coast, 1867-1892 : The Case of the British Columbia Salmon Canning Industry 167
18. The Business Community in the Early Development of Victoria, British Columbia 177
19. Population Growth and Change in Seattle and Vancouver, 1880-1960 201
20. Regional Factors in Industrial Conflict: The Case of British Columbia 228
21. The Oriental “Menace” in British Columbia 243
22. Joseph Trutch and Indian Land Policy 256
23. Select Bibliography on the History of British Columbia 281