Dara culhane speck (12 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. The Pleasure of the Crown: Anthropology, Law and First Nations, Culhane, Dara; Culhane Speck, Dara, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Talonbooks Ltd, 1997, 497p, trade pb, bumped/scuffed covers, clean/tanning text, tight binding--9.00.

Paperback. Condición: Good. A NICE edition, USEFUL! A few red scuff marks to the page edge. The pages are all clean. Light scuff to the paperback cover and the page edge, this book is in PRESENTABLE condition.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. trade paperback in near fine condition.

Paperback. pp. 281. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, pencilling to title page; very good.

New! Paper bound, third printing, illustrated with plates, Pp280. Includes bibliography. Tight and unmarked - a fine copy. 460 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1987. 281 pp., illustrated. Soft cover. Fine condition. 0889222460.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. First. 281pp., biblio., notes, photos, errata slip. Some wear to covers. "On January 22, 1979, an eleven-year-old Native girl died of a ruptured appendix in an Alert Bay, B.C. hospital. The events that followed are chronicled here by Dara Culhane Speck, a member by marriage of the Nimpkish Indian Band in Alert Bay. She has relied mainly on interviews, anecdotes, and public records to describe how this small, isolated Native community took on the local hospital, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, provincial and federal ministries of health, and national media because their private tragedy held implications that reached far beyond one child, one physician, one town, and even one century." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good +. 406pp w bibliography. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean showing slight shelf wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good ++. Later Printing. SUBTITLED : ` The Politics of Medical Care in an Indian Community '. 280 page classic study of medical practice in a first nation's community on British Columbia's west coast - originally published in 1987. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Centers on the St. George's Hospital in Alert Bay. The lead character in the drama was Renee Bernice Smith. Delves into the legal issues and government responses. Learn more about : Bella Coola, Jack Pickup, Cokis Island, potlatch and malnutrition. A map on page 66 shows the split nature of the community - The Village versus The White End. Cond : Paper wrapper is smoky blue grey. Black lettering. Front cover illustration is a ghostly mask. Light general wear. No names, no bumps, no tears. Tight and bright.Spine fine. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 123) : " Asked how she determined correct dosages of medication to be administered to Renee since bshe did not weigh her, the Admitting Nurse said she had guessed at her weight and taken it from there. Challenged on such guessworkn by Rod Naknakin, the Nimpkish Band's lawyer, she repilied ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (ilustrador). …

[0-88922-246-0] 1989. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 281pp. 8vo. Tells of how the Indigneus commiunity of Alert Bay in British Columbia took on their hospital, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the health ministries of both the provincial and federal governments and national media in a powerful indictment of the health system in their community. Corners lightly bumped. Internally clean. Map. Black and white photographs.…

[0-88922-246-0] [1997], later printing. (Trade paperback) Very good plus. 280pp. Map, tables, bibliography. Locale: Alert Bay--British Columbia; British Columbia; Western Canada. (Indians of N.A., Indians of North America, Kwakiutl Indians, Medical Care--Kwakiutal Indians, Public Policy--British Columbia).…

Condición: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.407. book.