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UBC Press
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English
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"The so-called land question dominates political discourse in British Columbia. Unstable Properties reverses the usual approach - investigating Aboriginal claims to Crown land - to reframe the issue as a history of Crown attempts to solidify claims to Indigenous territory. From the historical-geographic processes through which the BC polity became entrenched in its present territory to key events of the twenty-first century, the authors highlight...
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UBC Press
Language
English
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Brings the historian's myriad tools to bear on Canadians, from prime ministers to lumberjacks to Indigenous leaders. Drawing on the rich details of biography--the what--the contributors also address the larger questions--the so what--that drive history. These are not simply stories about the lives of individuals but critical reflections on subjects who are directly involved in, and affected by, politics.
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