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Selling British Columbia is an entertaining examination of the development of the tourist industry in British Columbia between 1890 and 1970. Michael Dawson argues that in order to understand the roots of the fully-fledged consumer culture that emerged in Canada after the Second World War, it is necessary to understand the connections between the 1930s, 1940s, and the postwar era. Cultural producers such as tourism promoters and the state infrastructure played important roles in fostering consumer demand, particularly during the Depression, the Second World War, and throughout the postwar era.

Dawson draws upon promotional pamphlets, newspapers, advertisements, and films, as well as archival sources regarding government, civic, and international tourism organizations. Central to his book is an examination of the representation of popular imagery and of how aboriginal and British cultures were commodified and marketed to potential tourists. He also looks at the gendered aspect of these promotional campaigns, particularly during the 1940s, and challenges earlier interpretations regarding the relationship between tourism and nature in Canada.

Historians have tended to focus on either the first wave of consumerism from the 1880s to the 1920s, or else on the era of economic expansion that followed World War Two. As Dawson shows, the 1930-45 period in particular was an important and dynamic one in the creation of Canadian and British Columbian consumer culture. ... Read more

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This study examines how unions representing telephone workers--one in Mexico and one in British Columbia, Canada--have responded to changes in technology, work organization, and government policy stemming from the rise of a more global economy.Some business writers have suggested that globalization will compel unions to cooperate with managers as workers are more exposed to international competition.By analyzing the actual record of two unions in the highly internationalized telecommunications industry, however, a different picture emerges. ... Read more

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Positioned for success
A challenging but interesting and ultimately rewarding read. Christophers develops his theme with an almost lyrical style, the evolutionary passages setting the scene for his later analysis with his trademarkdeconstuctionist prose. His insights carry one successfully to a level ofunderstanding which makes one almost embarrassed to have become so involvedin such a remarkably obscure topic - but perhaps not for much longer! Ifthis remarkable literary and research talent never writes again at least weshall have Positioning The Missionary as both a stunning debut and worthylegacy. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 9488 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Les classes sociales et la culture sportive canadienne sont-elles interreliees ? L'auteur, inspire par les cadres conceptuels de classes sociales de Pierre Bourdieu et d'Erik Wright, decrit les resultats d'un travail exploratoire sur les classes sociales et le sport dans la province de Colombie-Britannique. Son analyse utilise des donnees d'enquete originales afin de determiner l'importance qu'ont les caracteristiques demographiques (sexe, age et naissance), le capital (economique, culturel et social) et les indicateurs neomarxistes des categories sociales (comme la propriete economique, le contro1e sur le lieu de travail et les competences professionnelles) sur l'etendue des connaissances sportives et sur la participation aux activites sportives. Cette analyse constitue donc un petit pas vers l'identification des classes sociales au Canada, soutenue ou delimitee par l'exercice des choix et des pratiques culturelles.

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Title: Who the heck is Don Bradman? Sport culture and social class in British Columbia, Canada *.
Author: Gerry Veenstra
Publication: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 44Issue: 3Page: 319(25)

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This digital document is an article from American Review of Canadian Studies, published by Association for Canadian Studies in the United States on March 22, 2000. The length of the article is 1286 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Positioning the missionary: John Booth Good and the confluence of cultures in nineteenth-century British Columbia.
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2000
Publisher: Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Volume: 30Issue: 1Page: 117-19

Article Type: Book Review

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The images in the pages of this book-animal, human, and spirit faces-evoke the powerful cultural legacy of the inhabitants of the Northwest Coast. Spirits of the Water presents approximately 175 examples of the art produced by the Native peoples of a region of great linguistic, cultural, and geographical diversity. Accompanying essays establish a historical and cultural context for this remarkable assemblage of objects, and explore the traditions of art, social organization, and ceremony that inspired their makers.

Early expeditions of exploration and trade to the northern Pacific coast were responsible for the acquisition of numerous objects, such as masks, tools, clothing, and baskets. Spirits of the Water examines the history of Russian, Spanish, English, and American expeditions in relation to the discovery and collection of these artifacts, many now considered to be extraordinary works of art. Gathered from international museums and private collections, these objects are among the oldest known works of Northwest Coast Indian art. This book also brings together many of the drawings and engravings made by the Spanish, English, and Russian artists who witnessed and recorded the first encounters with the lands of the Northwest Coast and their inhabitants.

These works of functional art, with their expressive abstractions of animals and supernatural beings, reveal the religious and social motivations intertwined in their powerful aesthetic presence. Masks in particular express the imagination and creativity of the maker while conveying social hierarchies and spiritual motivations. The contributors to this volume invoke the pragmatic and ceremonial worlds in which these artifacts were used and examine how the material cultures of the Northwest Coast were understood by explorers and collectors as diverse as Captain James Cook and Max Ernst. ... Read more

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A very high-quality publication
This is a large, beautifully-done publication. It is loaded with very high-quality pictures of some wonderful examples of Pacific Northwest Coast artwork, especially masks. It is done is a style similar to museum "catalogs," with each picture having information about the item pictured.

I would say that roughly 75% of the items pictured in this book are masks, with the remainder being pictures of carved bowls, woven hats, small carved figures, etc. There are a couple of pictures of a decorated shirt and some boxes.

If you're looking for books that cover Pacific Northwest Coast native artwork in more general terms, or how to do it, or about totem poles, then there are better books.

If, however, you want a high-production-values book loaded with very high-quality pictures of some outstanding examples of Pacific Northwest Coast artwork, especially masks, then this is a fabulous book and you should not hesitate to buy it. ... Read more