Jean Barman Explained
Jean Barman is a historian of British Columbia. Born in Stephen, Minnesota, United States, Barman arrived in British Columbia in 1971. Her work The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia has been described as the "standard text on the subject [of British Columbia history]."[1] She has received the Lieutenant Governor's Medal for historical writing,[1] and the 2006 City of Vancouver Book Award (for Stanley Park's Secret).[2] She is a professor emerita at the University of British Columbia, as is her husband, the historian of Brazil Roderick Barman.[1]
Education
- University of British Columbia, 1982, EdD, History of education
- University of California at Berkeley, 1970, MLS, Librarianship
- Harvard University, 1963, MA, Russian studies
- Macalester College, 1961, BA, International relations and history
Publications
Select works:https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85102480/
- Growing up British in British Columbia : boys in private school, 1982
- Indian education in Canada, 1986
- The West beyond the West : a history of British Columbia, 1991
- Sojourning sisters : the lives and letters of Jessie and Annie McQueen, 2000
- Constance Lindsay Skinner : writing on the frontier, 2000
- Leaving paradise : indigenous Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest, 1787-1898, 2006
- Abenaki daring : the life and writings of Noel Annance, 1792-1869, 2016
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: ABCBookWorld . ABCBookWorld . 2014-06-19 . 2015-03-10.
- Web site: Jean Barman . Harbour Publishing . 2014-11-18 . 2015-03-10.
