Making Law, Order, and Authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871

In 1821, British Columbia was the exclusive domain of an independent Native population and the Hudson''s Bay Company. By te time it entered Confederation some fifty years later, a British colonial government was firmly in place. In this book Tina Loo recounts the shaping of the new regime.
The history of pre-Confederation British Columbia is rich in lore and tales of adventure surrounding the fur t...