Jean Barman

Jean Barman, professor emeritus, has published more than twenty books, including On the Cusp of Contact: Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing, 2020) and the winner of the 2006 City of Vancouver Book Award, Stanley Park’s Secret (Harbour Publishing, 2005). Her lifelong pursuit to enrich the history of BC has earned her such honours as a Governor General’s Award, a George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, a Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing and a position as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She lives in Vancouver, BC.


British Columbia : Spirit of the People
British Columbia : Spirit of the People

British Columbia: Spirit of the People

Jean Barman

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British Columbia in the Balance : 1846–1871
British Columbia in the Balance : 1846–1871

British Columbia in the Balance: 1846–1871

Jean Barman

$36.95

On the Cusp of Contact : Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia
On the Cusp of Contact : Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia

On the Cusp of Contact: Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia

$34.95

Stanley Park's Secret : The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch, and Brockton Point
Stanley Park's Secret : The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch, and Brockton Point

Stanley Park's Secret: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch, and Brockton Point

Jean Barman

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The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey
The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey

The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey

Jean Barman

$17.95