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list price: $51.95
edition:Hardcover
category: Social Science
published: Jan 1974
ISBN:9780774800297
publisher:
UBC Press
Description
During the Hudson Bay Company's years, when trapping and trading were the only concerns of the few white occupants of British Columbia, land tenure was of little interest and few provisions were made for it. With the arrival of settlers, the officers of the colony were forced to act. Encouraging settlement, forestalling speculation, and securing revenue were the three aims of Colonial and early Provincial legislature. This book examines their success in the face of rapid exploitation of natural resources.
Contributor Notes
Robert E. Cail completed this study in 1955 as a graduate student in History at the University of British Columbia. While working on his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Minnesota, he was killed in an automobile collision. He is survived by his wife and a son born after his death.
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