The Philosophy of Railways : : The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America /

The Philosophy of Railways : : The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America / / A. A. den Otter.

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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 the coun...

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Otter, A. A. den,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [1997]
©1997
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (300 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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