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" Stan Douglas's Abbott & Cordova, 7 AUgust 1971 is a 30 x 50-foot translucent photo mural on tempered glass installed int he atrium of the Woodward's complex in the Gastown district of Vancouver. The photo depicts an actual violent confrontation between police and the city's counterculture in what came to be known as the Gastown Riot, during which uniformed and undercover police officers attacked a peaceful "smoke-in" protest organized to oppose what was regarded as police harassment of the counterculture. This book takes the riot, and Douglas' work, as points of departure to discuss the legacy and implications of this tumultuous time, not only for Vancouver but for all urban centres where dissent and conflict based on class, lifestyle, or other issues arise, and where the role of authorities is contested through public demonstrations" -- p.[4] of cover.

" Stan Douglas's Abbott & Cordova, 7 AUgust 1971 is a 30 x 50-foot translucent photo mural on tempered glass installed int he atrium of the Woodward's complex in the Gastown district of Vancouver. The photo depicts an actual violent confrontation between police and the city's counterculture in what came to be known as the Gastown Riot, during which uniformed and undercover police officers attacked a peaceful "smoke-in" protest organized to oppose what was regarded as police harassment of the counterculture. This book takes the riot, and Douglas' work, as points of departure to discuss the legacy and implications of this tumultuous time, not only for Vancouver but for all urban centres where dissent and conflict based on class, lifestyle, or other issues arise, and where the role of authorities is contested through public demonstrations" -- p.[4] of cover.