Beyond the City Limits: Rural History in British Columbia - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774806958 ISBN 13: 9780774806954

Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, 1999

Synopsis

The contributors bring a broad and innovative approach to rural history as they examine the different and complex ways in which the countryside of the past can be understood. They explore topics ranging from Aboriginal-White settler relations to prostitution to the triumph of the codling moth over Okanagan orchardists. Representing a wide range of fields, the contributors bring expertise, methodologies, and theoretical perspectives from social and political history, environmental studies, cultural studies, geography and anthropology. This collection of essays challenge traditional readings of British Columbia history. It suggests that the emphasis on resource extraction, capitalist-labour relations, and urban society is not broad enough to support the analysis of many facets of the province's history.

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Review

Ken Favrholt's article on agricultural settlement south of Kamloops does a wonderful job of explaining the presence of the old abandoned farm houses that dot the landscape on either side of Highway 5, and David Dendy's account of codling moths in the Okangan is a "must read" for anyone interested in the history of the provincial tree fruit industry or the problems facing the widely publicized sterile insect release program. [Jean] Barman's essay is clearly written and it manages to tackle a number of potentially contentious issues in a balanced and non-partisan manner. After reading Barman's contribution you will no longer accept the arguments that all pioneering women were white, that academics are incapable of writing a coherent sentence, and that academic articles are categorically different from the articles that grace the pages of The Beaver or British Columbia Historical News. -- Clint Evans * BC Historical News (Fall 2000) * While the rural sometimes gets lost in the dazzling array of topics and methodological approaches represented here, this book is often fun to read and serves as a delightful sampler of what happened 'beyond the city limits' in British Columbia ... If subsequent research efforts 'beyond the city limits' are as well executed as are those depicted in this sampling ... then the history of British Columbia and Canada will be the richer for it. -- Margaret Conrad * BC Studies *

About the Author

R.W. Sandwell has taught history at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774806958
• ISBN 13: 9780774806954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Sandwell R.W.