History in BC grows profusely and luxuriantly, but with odd
undergrowth," observed historian J.M.S. Careless many years ago.
This claim is fully borne out by this impressive anthology of some
of the province's most distinguished historians, geographers, and
writers gleaned from over forty years of British Columbia's leading
scholarly journal, "BC Studies."
This collection includes fascinating articles on the Fraser Canyon
by Cole Harris; on Fort Simpson, Metlakatla, and Port Essington by
Daniel Clayton; on Victoria's early Chinese community by Patrick
Dunae and others; on the eviction of Kitsilano and Squamish people
from Vancouver and Stanley Park by Jean Barman; on early home
design styles in Vancouver by Deryck Holdsworth; on the failed
utopias of Wallachin and Sointula by Nelson Riis and Mikko Saikku;
on life in a 1970s logging camp by Peter Harrison; on fly-fishing
and dispossession at Penask Lake by Michael Thoms; and on the
perennial lonesome prospector by Megan Davies.
The overarching theme is provided by George Bowering in his classic
essay, "Home Away," concerning the search for a home on the West
Coast--a new one for settlers and an old one for indigenous
peoples.
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