Vancouver Past: Essays on Social History : Vancouver Centennial Issue of Bc Studies

Focusing on Vancouver's social history, the essays written for this special edition of BC Studies treat hitherto neglected areas of the city's past and bring new insights into how its residents lived and worked. Receiving particular attention is the socio-economic and residential structure of Vancouver with one author arguing that the city's economy created an urban working class which was at once more complex and politically more conservative than that of the highly polarized communities on Vancouver Island and in the Interior. Cottages And Castles For Vancouver Home-seekers / Deryck W. Holdsworth -- Working Class Vancouver, 1886-1914 / Robert A.j. Mcdonald -- Sam Kee / Paul Yee -- Neighbourhood And Community In Interwar Vancouver / Jean Barman -- The Confinement Of Women / Veronica Strong-boag And Kathryn Mcpherson -- The Triumph Of Formalism / Neil Sutherland -- The Incidence Of Crime In Vancouver During The Great Depression / James P. Huzel -- The Mothers' Council Of Vancouver / Irene Howard -- A Palace For The Public / Jill Wade -- A Half Century Of Writing On Vancouver's History / Patricia Roy. Edited By Robert A. J. Mcdonald And Jean Barman. Vancouver Centennial Issue Of Bc Studies Includes Bibliographical References.