The illustrated history of British Columbia

By Terry Reksten

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155054859X
• ISBN13: 9781550548594
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.1" x 1.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Reksten Brings History to Life

Reksten does a very good job of immersing the reader in all aspects of BCs history with this book. The book is divided into 5 sections: prehistoric (well, approx 1700) to 1857, 1858 to 1865, 1866 to 1913, 1914 to 1949, and 1950 to 2000. In each section Reksten discusses cultural, social, political, and physical aspects of BCs history, and does so in a very unbiased way. The book is filled with amazing pictures, maps, direct quotes from the people of BC, and personal accounts of many events. The pictures and maps, along with their detailed citations, make it a great coffee-table picture book, and Rekstens writing abilities make it great as a full-length read. I only give this book 4/5 stars because of how little material there is from 1950 until 2000. The book has 230 pages for the history up until 1950, but only 40 pages for 1950 until 2000. The major events from 1950 until 2000 are covered, but not in the same level of detail that the rest of the history is covered in. But, overall this is a great book. Reksten spent 2 years researching BCs history before writing the book, and it shows!