The philosophy of railways : the transcontinental railway idea in British North America /

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"When, in the late 1980s, the federal government initiated a plan to deregulate the Canadian railway system, lobby groups protested the betrayal of a national mandate. They asserted that the railway was founded to promote a sense of national identity, to provide access to isolated regions of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Otter, A. A. den (Andy Albert den), 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Canadian Pacific Railway Company > History.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company > Histoire.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway > Firma
Railroads > Canada > History.
Chemins de fer > Canada > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
Railroads
Eisenbahn
Spoorwegen.
Canada
Britisch-Nordamerika
Electronic books.
e-books.
History
Livres numériques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Technological Nationalism: The Backdrop
  • 2. The Guarantee Act: Signpost for an Era
  • 3. Nova Scotia: Railways and the New Economy
  • 4. The Grand Trunk Railway: The New Imperialism
  • 5. Saint John: Fulcrum Metropol
  • 6. The Pacific Scandal: Nationalism and Business
  • 7. The National Policy: Defining a Nation
  • 8. The Philosophy of Railways: Conclusions and Conjectures.

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