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Books about the history of BC.
Infidels and the Damn Churches

Infidels and the Damn Churches

Irreligion and Religion in Settler British Columbia
by Lynne Marks
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook Paperback
tagged : social history, post-confederation (1867-), regional studies, british columbia (bc)

British Columbia is at the forefront of a secularizing movement in the English-speaking world. Nearly half its residents claim no religious affiliation, and the province has the highest rate of unbelief or religious indifference in Canada. Infidels and the Damn Churches explores the historical roots of this phenomenon from the 1880s to the First World War.

 

Lynne Marks reveals that class and racial tensions fuelled irreligion in a world populated by embattled ministers, militant atheists, turn-of …

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Maritime Command Pacific

Maritime Command Pacific

The Royal Canadian Navy’s West Coast Fleet in the Early Cold War
by David Zimmerman
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook Paperback
tagged : naval, canada, security (national & international)

The Royal Canadian Navy crews that sailed the Atlantic during the early Cold War held a contemptuous view of their West Coast brethren, likening the Pacific fleet to a “yacht club” where sailors enjoyed a life of leisurely service on a tranquil sea. As David Zimmerman reveals, nothing could be further from the truth. From the fleet’s postwar downsizing, through to its rapid expansion in the wake of the Korean War as Cold War fears gripped the nation, Maritime Command Pacific fought to hold …

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Maritime Command Pacific

Maritime Command Pacific

The Royal Canadian Navy’s West Coast Fleet in the Early Cold War
by David Zimmerman
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover
tagged : naval, security (national & international), canada

The Royal Canadian Navy crews that sailed the Atlantic during the early Cold War held a contemptuous view of their West Coast brethren, likening the Pacific fleet to a “yacht club” where sailors enjoyed a life of leisurely service on a tranquil sea. As David Zimmerman reveals, nothing could be further from the truth. From the fleet’s postwar downsizing, through to its rapid expansion in the wake of the Korean War as Cold War fears gripped the nation, Maritime Command Pacific fought to hold …

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Not Fit to Stay

Not Fit to Stay

Public Health Panics and South Asian Exclusion
by Sarah Isabel Wallace
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover Paperback
tagged : discrimination & race relations, 20th century, emigration & immigration

In the early 1900s, panic over the arrival of South Asian immigrants swept up and down the west coast of North America. While racism and fear of labour competition were at the heart of this furor, public leaders – including physicians, union leaders, civil servants, journalists, and politicians – latched on to unsubstantiated public health concerns to justify the exclusion of South Asians from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. Not Fit to Stay examines how and why South As …

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Not Fit to Stay

Not Fit to Stay

Public Health Panics and South Asian Exclusion
by Sarah Isabel Wallace
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : discrimination & race relations, emigration & immigration, 20th century

In the early 1900s, panic over the arrival of South Asian immigrants swept up and down the west coast of North America. While racism and fear of labour competition were at the heart of this furor, public leaders – including physicians, union leaders, civil servants, journalists, and politicians – latched on to unsubstantiated public health concerns to justify the exclusion of South Asians from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. Not Fit to Stay examines how and why South As …

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The Secular Northwest

The Secular Northwest

Religion and Irreligion in Everyday Postwar Life
by Tina Block
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback Hardcover
tagged : history, pacific northwest, post-confederation (1867-)

The image of a rough frontier – where working men were tempted away from church on Sundays by more profane concerns – was perpetuated by postwar religious leaders troubled by the decline in church involvement. Tina Block debunks the myth of a godless frontier, revealing a Pacific Northwest that rejected organized religion – but not necessarily God. Not just working men but also women, families, and middle-class communities helped to shape the region’s secular identity. Drawing on oral hi …

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The Secular Northwest

The Secular Northwest

Religion and Irreligion in Everyday Postwar Life
by Tina Block
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : history, post-confederation (1867-), pacific northwest

The image of a rough frontier – where working men were tempted away from church on Sundays by more profane concerns – was perpetuated by postwar religious leaders troubled by the decline in church involvement. Tina Block debunks the myth of a godless frontier, revealing a Pacific Northwest that rejected organized religion – but not necessarily God. Not just working men but also women, families, and middle-class communities helped to shape the region’s secular identity. Drawing on oral hi …

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The Secular Northwest

The Secular Northwest

Religion and Irreligion in Everyday Postwar Life
by Tina Block
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover
tagged : history, post-confederation (1867-), pacific northwest

The image of a rough frontier – where working men were tempted away from church on Sundays by more profane concerns – was perpetuated by postwar religious leaders troubled by the decline in church involvement. Tina Block debunks the myth of a godless frontier, revealing a Pacific Northwest that rejected organized religion – but not necessarily God. Not just working men but also women, families, and middle-class communities helped to shape the region’s secular identity. Drawing on oral hi …

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