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Genre/Form: | Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme) Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme) |
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Named Person: | A R Lord |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
A R Lord; John Calam |
OCLC Number: | 757036230 |
Notes: | Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 19 janv. 2009). |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Contents: | IllustrationsMapsAcknowledgmentsEditor's Introduction 1. North of Fifty-Three2. Northern Interior Episodes3. Politics and Personalities4. 'Dig Yourselves Out'5. By River to Quesnel6. Peace River Memories7. Isolation in the Charlottes8. Chilcotin Country9. Kelowna Beginnings10. The View from Headquarters11. Losers and Winners NotesIndex |
Series Title: | Pioneers of British Columbia |
Responsibility: | edited by John Calam. |
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This book succeeds both as a slice of rural conditions in the past and as a solid contribution to the history of education in British Columbia, and as a result bears the unique attribute of appealing to the casual reader and serious scholar alike. -- Paul J. Stortz * BC Studies * Lord's strength is that he delightfully conveys a sense of rural life in B.C. and explains the problems associated with establishing an effective educational system in a sparsely settled resource-based frontier. Alex Lord's British Columbia should be of interest to educators and local history buffs; the extensive notes provide a rich source of primary and secondary references for the academic historian. -- Tim Dunn * Historical Studies in Education * Read more...

