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Philosophy of railroads and other essays : Railroad promotion and manipulation in the 19th century /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Keefer, Thomas C., 1821-1915
Otros Autores: Nelles, H. V. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Buffalo] University of Toronto Press [1972]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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490 0 |a The Social history of Canada 
505 0 |a PART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RAILROADS: Economy, regularity, safety, convenience. Appendix A; What railroads do for the land and house owners 1848. Appendix B: What railroads do for consumers. Appendix C: .What they do in Ohio-a farming country. Appendix D: What they do in granite, ice, and 'wooden notion' country. Appendix E: How they do in the North. Appendix F: How they do in the South. Appendix. Appendix G; How they beat canals. Appendix H: How they pay in Massachusetts. Appendix L: How they pay in England. Appendix M: How railroads catch fish. Appendix N: What the world thinks of railroads [1849]. Appendix O: The folly of cheap engineering. Appendix P: How they pay in New York. Appendix Q: What they do for graziers and drovers. Appendix R: How they do in the West. 
505 0 |a PART 2: MONTREAL : A lecture on Montreal from the pamphlet, 'Montreal and Ottawa' [1854]. PART 3: A SEQUEL TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RAILROADS: Extracts from lectures on civil engineering; Petition to the legislative assembly; The Honourable John Ross before the legislative council; Letters of explanation in the Montreal 'Herald' [May 1856]; Editorial from the Toronto 'Leader' [May 1856]; Keefer's reply in the 'Globe' [May 1856]; Editorial from the 'Leader' [May 1856]. PART 4: RAILWAYS: A chapter in railways from 'Travel and transportation'. Map: the railway system in the Eastern Provinces of Canada, 1876. 
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