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'The best men that ever worked the lumber': Aboriginal Longshoremen on Burrard Inlet, BC, 1863--1939.

This essay examines Aboriginal longshoremen, most of whom belonged to the Squamish First Nation, on Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, from 1863 to 1939. Beginning with a consideration of the Squamish adaptation to wage labour in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, this essay analyses the ways in whic...

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Published in:Canadian Historical Review Vol. 87; no. 1; pp. 53 - 79
Main Author: Parnaby, Andrew
Format: Article
Published: University of Toronto Press Mar2006
Subjects:
Stevedores
First Nations of Canada
Capitalism
Imperialism
Burrard Inlet (B.C.)
British Columbia
Canada
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