Jean Barman: 4 books
The West Beyond the West
A History of British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
British Columbia is regularly described in superlatives both positive and negative - most spectacular scenery, strangest politics, greatest environmental sensitivity, richest Aboriginal cultures, most aggressive resource exploitation, closest ties to Asia. Jean Barman's The West beyond the West presents...
by Jean Barman
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Jean Barman was the recipient of the 2014 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award.
In French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest, Jean Barman rewrites the history of the Pacific Northwest from the perspective of French Canadians attracted by the fur...
by Jean Barman
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Two centuries ago, many hundreds of Iroquois – principally from what is now Kahnawà:ke – left home without leaving behind their ways of life. Recruited to man the large canoes that transported trade goods and animal pelts from and to Montreal, some Iroquois soon returned, while others were enticed...
Abenaki Daring
The Life and Writings of Noel Annance, 1792-1869
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
An Abenaki born in St Francis, Quebec, Noel Annance (1792–1869), by virtue of two of his great-grandparents having been early white captives, attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Determined to apply his privileged education, he was caught between two ways of being, neither of which accepted...