Vancouver past
Subtitle: essays in social history
By: edited by Robert A.J. McDonald and Jean Barman.
Contributors: McDonald, Robert A. J., 1944-; Barman, Jean, 1939-
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Vancouver (B.C.) -- Social conditions.
Other titles: B C studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Vancouver centennial issue of BC studies."
Table of contents: title: Cottages and castles for Vancouver home-seekers / Deryck W. Holdsworth; title: Working class Vancouver, 1886-1914 / Robert A.J. McDonald; title: Sam Kee / Paul Yee; title: Neighbourhood and community in interwar Vancouver / Jean Barman; title: The confinement of women / Veronica Strong-Boag and Kathryn Mcpherson; title: The triumph of "Formalism" / Neil Sutherland; title: The incidence of crime in Vancouver during the Great Depression / James P. Huzel; title: The Mothers' Council of Vancouver / Irene Howard; title: "A palace for the public" / Jill Wade; title: A half century of writing on Vancouver's history / Patricia Roy.