The Philosophy of Railways : : The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America / / A. A. den Otter.
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 the coun...
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Otter, A. A. den, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Philosophy of Railways : The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America / A. A. den Otter. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1997] ©1997 1 online resource (300 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 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 Metropodôl -- 6. The Pacific Scandal: Nationalism and Business -- 7. The National Policy: Defining a Nation -- 8. The Philosophy of Railways: Conclusions and Conjectures -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 the country, and to ensure a transnational exchange of goods and ideas. In The Philosophy of Railways, A.A. den Otter considers the relationship between nationalism and technology, and shows how the popular rhetoric surrounding the evolution of the Canadian Pacific Railway has mythologized the role of a private corporation and its technology. He questions the notion that the railways were built as an antidote to American manifest destiny, suggesting instead that the widespread adoption of railway transportation as a civilizing mission impelled Canadians to bow to technology's integrating effects, including confederation and closer ties with the United States.The study begins by looking at the intellectual climate that spawned the Canadian railway idea, revealing that this idea was strongly influenced by a combination of British and American liberalism, a philosophy that saw technology as the means to destroy trade barriers. In fact, during the mid-nineteenth century, Canadians preferred to build transportation links to the American seaboard rather than to Saint John or Halifax, and this created a deep-seated alienation in the country's peripheral regions. Not only does den Otter include the Maritimes in his analysis, but he employs a careful reading of national documents including assembly debates, the private correspondence of major political figures, and newspaper commentary to contextualize the public debate.By investigating the complex and ambiguous process by which the Canadian railway system both consolidated national identity and facilitated continental integration, The Philosophy of Railways establishes that isolationism, until relatively recently, was not the unilateral stance of those committed to the growth of the railway. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024) Railroads Canada History. TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package Pre-2010 9783111274164 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442678460 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442678460 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442678460/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 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 Metropodôl -- 6. The Pacific Scandal: Nationalism and Business -- 7. The National Policy: Defining a Nation -- 8. The Philosophy of Railways: Conclusions and Conjectures -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 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 Metropodôl -- 6. The Pacific Scandal: Nationalism and Business -- 7. The National Policy: Defining a Nation -- 8. The Philosophy of Railways: Conclusions and Conjectures -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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