Author: Fisher, Robin
Title: Contact and Conflict : Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890 - Second Edition
Description: Vancouver, UBC Press, (1992). 2nd Edition, orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xxx,250 pp. PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Originally published in 1977, and reprinted several times since, this text provides an account of the profound impact that white settlement had on Native-European relations in British Columbia after the fur trade ended.Robin Fisher argues that the fur trade had a limited effect on the cultures of Native people. Both Natives and Europeans were involved in a mutually beneficial economic system, and there was no incentive for non- Native fur traders to alter radically the Native social system. With the passing of the fur trade in 1858, however, and the beginning of white settlement, what had been a reciprocal system between the two civilizations became a pattern of white dominance. The second edition includes a preface in which the author re-examines his original arguments, surveys the literature since 1977, and comments on directions for new research. The original edition of the book was published at a time when there was relatively little written by historians on the subject" - publisher's description.

Keywords: British Columbia, American Indians, Native Americans, Canada, Colonial History, Historical, Ethnography, Ethnology, Anthropology