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Gunboat frontier : British maritime authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846-90 / Barry M. Gough.
Publisher description: Gunboat Frontier presents a different interpretation of Indian-white relations in nineteenth-century British Columbia, focusing on the interaction of West Coast Indians with British law and authority. This authority was exercised by officers, seamen, marines, and ships of the Royal Navy on behalf of the colonial governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia and, after 1871, of Canada. Barry Gough presents new historical evidence provided by the Admiralty Papers, an important source of information about nineteenth-century Northwest Coast Indian life. Drawing on these and other archival and governmental records, he chronicles encounters between the Royal Navy and the Indians over missions, piracies, Native slavery, liquor trafficking, and crimes against persons and property, leading to the final cases of 'gunboat diplomacy' used against local Indians in the late 1880s.
Record details
- ISBN: 0774801751
- ISBN: 9780774801751
- Physical Description: xvii, 287 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1984.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Bibliography: p. [267]-270.
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- Subject:
- Indians of North America > British Columbia > History.
Indians of North America > Canada > Government relations.
Indians, Treatment of > British Columbia > Pacific Coast.
Pacific Coast (B.C.) > History.
British Columbia > History.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > Administration.
Great Britain. Royal Navy > History.
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 92 .B9 G68 1984 | 282351 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | E 92 .B9 G68 1984 | 679686 | Stacks | Available | - |
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