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Backstory
- How a Little-known Trading Company Changed Canada's Fate and Stopped British Columbia from Becoming an American State
Engelsk
Bogcover for Backstory af Graeme Menzies, 9781772035483
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781772035483
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1772035483
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 sep 2025
Størrelse i cm:
21,5 x 13,9
Oplagsdato:
16 sep 2025
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Backstory

- How a Little-known Trading Company Changed Canada's Fate and Stopped British Columbia from Becoming an American State
Engelsk
Paperback 2025
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This uniquely west-coast take on Canada''s origin story focuses on a long-forgotten event that nearly led to British Columbia becoming part of the United States.

Long before a certain American president took to social media to express his desire to make Canada the fifty-first state, the west coast of what is today called British Columbia found itself in the crosshairs of two imperial powers, faced with the very real possibility of being ceded to the United States.

In the summer of 1789, a political and trade dispute between the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, imperial Spain, Great Britain, and the USA converged in Nootka Sound, off Vancouver Island. If not for the intervention the King George’s Sound Trading Company, Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s fate could have turned out very differently, and the concept of a Canada that extended from Atlantic to Pacific would have been finished before it even began.

With clear, engaging prose, author Graeme Menzies lays out the setting, intrigue, and dynamic cast of characters that ultimately determined Canada’s geographical fate. Released at a time when imperialism, sovereignty, and national identity are more relevant than ever, this book asks us to ponder the events that shaped a nation and established a relationship between neighbouring countries that has once again become precarious.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781772035483
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1772035483
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 sep 2025
Størrelse i cm:
21,5 x 13,9
Oplagsdato:
16 sep 2025
Forfatter(e):
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