Want to order back issues of BC Studies? Click here for more information.


BC Studies #164 (Winter 2009/10)

Articles

'I Have Lots of Help Behind Me, Lots of Books, to Convince You': Andrew Paull, and the Value of Literacy in English (pg: 7-30) by Brendan F. R. Edwards
(aboriginal rights) (education) (government control) (Paull, Andrew)

Howard Charles Green and Japanese Canadians (pg: 31-50) by Daniel Heidt
(Green, Howard Charles) (Japanese) (race and racism) (Vancouver)

Explaining Workplace Injuries Among BC Loggers: Cultures of Risk and Desperation (pg: 51-74) by James Lawson
(economy) (logging) (mortality) (trade unions) (WorkSafeBC)

Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Community of Clients (pg: 75-101) by Gordon W. Roe
(government) (homelessness) (poverty) (social services) (Vancouver)

CASE COMMENT: Rights, the Homeless, and Social Change: Reflections on Victoria (City) v. Adams (BCSC) (pg: 103-113) by Margot Young
(Case commentary) (homelessness) (legislation) (Victoria)

Book Reviews

  • Breaking Ground by Lynda V. Mapes

—Reviewed by Bruce G. Miller (pgs: 115-116)

  • Cascadia by Douglas Todd

—Reviewed by Laurie Ricou (pgs: 117-118)

  • Tragedy at Second Narrows by Eric Jamieson
  • Falsework? by Gary Geddes

—Reviewed by Mark Leier (pgs: 119-120)

  • Becoming British Columbia by John Belshaw

—Reviewed by Forrest D. Pass (pgs: 120-122)

  • Reasoning Otherwise by Ian McKay

—Reviewed by Gary Teeple (pgs: 122-127)

  • Now It's Called Princeton by John Bartlett, Rika Ruebsaat
  • River of Gold by Susan Dobbie

—Reviewed by John Belshaw (pgs: 127-128)

  • Legacy in Wood by Ryan Wahl

—Reviewed by Forrest D. Pass (pgs: 127-129)

  • Spirit of the Nikkei Fleet by Masakao Fukawa, Stanley Fukawa, The Nikkei Fisherman's History Book Committee

—Reviewed by Patricia E. Roy (pgs: 130-131)

  • Surveying Central British Columbia by Jay Sherwood

—Reviewed by Frank Leonard (pgs: 131-132)

  • Seeking Balance by Anne Edwards

—Reviewed by Tina Block (pgs: 132-133)

  • I Am Full Moon by Lily Hoy Price

—Reviewed by Patricia E. Roy (pgs: 134-135)

  • Where the Pavement Ends by Marie Wadden

—Reviewed by Shelly Johnson (pgs: 135-136)