Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
06.10.1994
Verlag
University of Toronto PressSeitenzahl
264
Maße (L/B/H)
23.4/15.6/1.4 cm
Gewicht
378 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8020-7784-4
The history of pre-Confederation British Columbia is rich in lore and tales of adventure surrounding the fur trade, conflict between settlers and the Hudson's Bay Company, and, above all, the gold rush. Loo takes the familiar themes as a starting-point for fresh investigation. Her inquiry moves from the disciplinary practices of the Hudson's Bay Company, through the establishment of cuorts in the gold fields, to conflicts over the rule of juries and the nature of property. By detailing specific incidents and then drawing from a wife historical field to sketch in new background, she hs revised established hsitory.
Loo structures her analysis of events around the discourse of laissez-faire liberalism and shows how this discourse styled the law and order of the period. She writes with wit and elegance, bringing life to even the most technical aspects of her investigation. This is the first comprehensive legal history of British Columbia before Confederation.
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