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Article: British Columbia: Land of Promises.(Book review)
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- American Review of Canadian Studies
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- March 22, 2008
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Patricia E. Roy and John Herd Thompson. British Columbia: Land of Promises. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press Canada (Oxford Illustrated History of Canada Series), 2005. 216 pp. $36.95 paper.
In this richly illustrated book's introductory essay, "Portraying a Province," Patricia Roy and John Herd Thompson announce that British Columbia: Land of Promises shares the philosophy that Canada's national story is the sum of its regional histories. Therefore, they wish all readers to know that this is the fifth of six regional volumes in the Oxford Illustrated History of Canada Series. Roy and Thompson believe that the formation of the national story through ...