The City of Rainbows A Colourful History of Prince Rupert
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
16.04.2024
Abbildungen
farbige, schwarzweisse Fotos, Abbildungen
Verlag
Ingram Publishers ServicesSeitenzahl
256
Maße (L/B/H)
21.3/14/2 cm
Gewicht
340 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-77203-475-2
Since time immemorial, rain has defined life on Kaien Island, now known as the townsite of Prince Rupert. As the rainiest and cloudiest city in Canada, Prince Rupert is the perfect environment for rainbows—and the rainbow is an apt metaphor for the city: a symbol of diversity and inclusion, a supernatural gateway between worlds, and a universal sign of hope and calm after a storm.
From its original Ts’mysen inhabitants to the first European explorers and fur traders, the building of dozens of salmon canneries to the construction of the transcontinental railway, the global upheaval of two World Wars to decades of industrial boom and bust, Kaien Island, and Prince Rupert, has always been a rich, multicultural trading hub that has weathered countless storms.
By weaving together historical events illustrated by compelling archival photographs, The City of Rainbows strives to tell the story of Prince Rupert from a modern perspective, one that confronts the impact of colonization head-on and moves away from a romanticized account of the development of a “pioneer” town. Balancing the histories of Indigenous Peoples, European and Asian settlers, and recent immigrants, this book reveals powerful, intriguing, uncomfortable, and beautiful truths about an undoubtedly colourful city.
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