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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Otter, A. A. den (Andy Albert den), 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Canadian Pacific Railway > Firma
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company > Histoire.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company > History.
Spoorwegen.
Eisenbahn
Railroads.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
Chemins de fer > Canada > Histoire.
Railroads > Canada > History.
Britisch-Nordamerika
Canada.
Livres numeriques.
History.
e-books.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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