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The Chinese : portrait of a people

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Fraser, John, 1944-
Publication Date
1980
Call Number
951.057 FRA
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV006.24.28
ISBN
0002168170
Call Number
951.057 FRA
Author
Fraser, John, 1944-
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
Collins
Publication Date
1980
Physical Description
463 p. : photographs : 25 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
China--Social conditions
China--Description and travel
China--Politics and government--1976-
China
Notes
Author's full name and dates: Fraser, John, 1944-
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The end of the European era, 1890 to the present

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991
Edition
3rd ed.
Publication Date
c1984
Call Number
940.5 GIL
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
0393954404
9780393954401
Call Number
940.5 GIL
Edition
3rd ed.
Author
Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Publication Date
c1984
Series
Norton history of modern Europe
Physical Description
xv, 556 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Europe--Politics and government--20th century
World politics--20th century
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 520-531) and index.
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
c1987
Call Number
971.133 SON COPY 4
interviews, offered leads o n contemporaries, sent informative periodicals a n d clippings, tracked d o w n photographs — then awaited the birthing of Pioneer Tales w i t h rare h u m o r a n d patience. The publisher of Pioneer Tales gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution from the government
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
096928280x
Call Number
971.133 SON COPY 4
Contributor
Sone, Michael
Place of Publication
Burnaby, B.C.
Publisher
Corporation of the District of Burnaby
Publication Date
c1987
Physical Description
495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Inscription
"TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
Library Subject (LOC)
Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
Frontier and pioneer life
Biography
Object History
Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
Notes
"Editor Michael Sone".
Includes index.
4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
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An official handbook of information relating to the Dominion of Canada

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1892
Call Number
971 CAN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV973.26.34
Call Number
971 CAN
Contributor
Canada. Department of Agriculture
Place of Publication
Ottawa
Publisher
Canada. Department of Agriculture
Publication Date
1892
Physical Description
iv, 94 p. : ill., coat of arms, map ; 21 cm.
Inscription
Numbers and equations written in pencil on front and back covers.
Library Subject (LOC)
Canada--Description and travel
Canada--Emigration and immigration
Notes
"Published with the approval of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Government of Canada (Department of Agriculture)" --t.p.
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War in South Africa and the dark continent : from savagery to civilization

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Harding, William
Publication Date
c1899
Call Number
968.2 HAR
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV975.30.6
Call Number
968.2 HAR
Author
Harding, William
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
Dominion
Publication Date
c1899
Physical Description
11-550 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
South African War, 1899-1902
South Africa--History
Notes
"The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers. Embracing the explorations and settlements, wars and conquests, peoples and governments, resources and produces, of this the least known, yet by nature endowed as the richest and most wonderful of continents, and a detailed history of the causes and events of the British-Boer War" --T.p.XXX "Superbly illustrated with half-tone engravings made from photographs taken expressly for this book" --T.p. Author's given name and dates: Harding, William Harry, 1941-
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