Vancouver island in the empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11943635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J F Bosher (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 349-368 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-6534 • E-ISSN: 1743-9329 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03086530500185845 |
| OpenAlex | W2004790197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Colonised by sea from the British Isles half a century before it became a part of Canada in 1871, Vancouver Island is best understood as part of a worldwide system of island bases that included Aden, Bombay, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Malta, St Helena, Sydney and Trincomalee (Ceylon). Its character was formed by the Royal Navy as it moved into the Pacific and by other imperial personnel attracted by reports of cheap land in a picturesque landscape, good fishing and hunting, and a British civilisation. Surprising numbers of British officers and civil servants arrived from India and China as well as Britain. Historians from east of the Rockies, busy writing the Empire out of Canadian history, tend to approach the Island's history through an ideological cloud of nationalism. The result has been an unfortunate distortion of Vancouver Island's imperial past
Ancient history · Archaeology · British Empire · Ceylon · China · Civilization · Clan · Empire · Frontier · Geography · Imperial unit system · Nationalism · Navy · Political science · Politics · Australian History and Society · Canadian Identity and History · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |