Becoming British Columbia : A Population History.
Belshaw, John.
Becoming British Columbia : A Population History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (288 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Cradle to Grave: An Introduction -- 2 Weddings, Funerals, Anything: The British Columbian Demographic Narrative -- 3 The West We Have Lost: First Nations Depopulation -- 4 Girl Meets Boys: Sex Ratios and Nuptiality -- 5 Ahead by a Century: Fertility -- 6 Strangers in Paradise: Immigration and the Experience of Diversity -- 7 The Mourning After: Mortality -- 8 The British Columbia Clearances: Some Conclusions -- Appendices -- A: Leading Settlements/Towns/Cities, BC, 1871-1951 -- B: Total Population, BC, 1867-2006 -- C: Age and Sex Distributions, BC, 1891-2001 -- D: Infant Mortality Rates, BC, 1922-2002 -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Becoming British Columbia investigates critical moments in the demographic record of British Columbia, including catastrophic epidemics, immigrant rushes, forced migrations, the fertility transition, and the baby boom, in an accessible yet scholarly and provocative way.
9780774815475
Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Population -- History.
British Columbia -- Population -- History.
British Columbia -- History.
British Columbia -- Population -- Statistics.
Electronic books.
HB3530.B7 -- B45 2009eb
304.6
Becoming British Columbia : A Population History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (288 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Cradle to Grave: An Introduction -- 2 Weddings, Funerals, Anything: The British Columbian Demographic Narrative -- 3 The West We Have Lost: First Nations Depopulation -- 4 Girl Meets Boys: Sex Ratios and Nuptiality -- 5 Ahead by a Century: Fertility -- 6 Strangers in Paradise: Immigration and the Experience of Diversity -- 7 The Mourning After: Mortality -- 8 The British Columbia Clearances: Some Conclusions -- Appendices -- A: Leading Settlements/Towns/Cities, BC, 1871-1951 -- B: Total Population, BC, 1867-2006 -- C: Age and Sex Distributions, BC, 1891-2001 -- D: Infant Mortality Rates, BC, 1922-2002 -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Becoming British Columbia investigates critical moments in the demographic record of British Columbia, including catastrophic epidemics, immigrant rushes, forced migrations, the fertility transition, and the baby boom, in an accessible yet scholarly and provocative way.
9780774815475
Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Population -- History.
British Columbia -- Population -- History.
British Columbia -- History.
British Columbia -- Population -- Statistics.
Electronic books.
HB3530.B7 -- B45 2009eb
304.6