VANCOUVER - History, Department of - University of British Columbia

B. Additional for Student Presenters.............................................................................
4. Jordan Stanger-Ross, “Municipal Colonialism in Vancouver: City Planning
and the Conflict over Indian Reserves, 1928-1950s,” Canadian Historical
Review, vol.89, no.4 (December 2008): 541-580 (available online through the
UBC Library under journals OR through the CHR web page).
5. Greg Marquis, “Vancouver Vice: The Police and the Negotiation of Morality,
1904-1935,” in Hamar Foster and John McLaren, eds., Essays in the History of
Canadian Law, vol.VI, British Columbia and the Yukon (Toronto: UTP, 1995),
pp.242-273 (course pack).
C. Assignment for Presenters: Write a 4-5 page (double-spaced) essay identifying the
arguments presented in these four readings and reflecting on what they say, collectively,
about the subject of racism in early Vancouver history.
Week 4
Jan. 24/26
ROLF KNIGHT’S VANCOUVER
For this class all students are asked to purchase, read, and write a short paper on the
recently republished book by Vancouver sociologist and writer Rolf Knight, Along the
No.20 Line: Reminiscences of the Vancouver Waterfront, which was originally published
in 1980. For your paper, which should not exceed four pages (double-spaced with normal
12-point font), identify and comment critically on the portrait of Vancouver that Knight
presents in this book.
Week 5
Jan.31/Feb.2 NO CLASSES: RESEARCH TOPICS PLUS PRELIMINARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Week 6
Feb.7/9
NATURE AND THE CITY
A. Required by all…………………………………………………………………………
1. Sean Kheraj, “Restoring Nature: Ecology, Memory, and the Storm History of
Vancouver’s Stanley Park,” Canadian Historical Review, vol.88, no. 4 (December
2007): 577-612 (available online through the UBC Library under
journals OR through the CHR web page).
2. Frank Zelko, “Making Greenpeace: The Development of Direct Action
Environmentalism in British Columbia,” BC Studies, nos.142/143
(Summer/Fall 2004): 197-239 (available online through the UBC Library
under journals OR through the BC Studies web page).
3. Marie-Eve Daunais, “Vancouver’s Street Trees: A Public Affair,” The Atlas:
Undergraduate Journal of World History, vol.6 (2009): 2-10 (course pack).
B. Additional for Student Presenters…………………………………………………….
4. Arn Keeling, “Sink or Swim: Water Pollution and Environmental Politics in
Vancouver, 1889-1975, “BC Studies, nos.142/143 (Summer/Fall 2004): 69-101
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