Transportation

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Car Nation An Illustrated History of Canada's Transformation Behind the Wheel James Lorimer and Company	Canadians fell in love with the car at first glance. They were scared by it too, and by its potential. Canada was quick to become a car nation, as the automobile was enthusiastically adopted by …	Dimitry Anastakis	96	2008	View
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk Between The Lines	Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current …	James Wilt	306	2020	View
Fastest in the World The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils Formac Publishing	Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments. When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying …	John Boileau	98	2004	View
Samuel Cunard Nova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic Formac Publishing	An illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of …	John Boileau	112	2006	View
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Public Betrayal, Justice Denied James Lorimer and Company	This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials …	Bruce Campbell	216	2018	View
Thirty Years’ War The Failed Public/Private Partnership that Spurred the Creation of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1891-1921 Irwin Law Inc.	Between 1891 and 1921, the Toronto Railway Company operated Toronto’s streetcars under a franchise granted by the City. The arrangement brought the City a modern electric streetcar system, …	C. Ian Kyer	257	2015	View
NEW! This Is Your Captain Speaking Stories from the Flight Deck ECW Press	For everyone from frequent fliers to aviation geeks, travel buffs to nervous travellers, Captain Doug Morris tells you everything you want (and need!) to know about flight Captain Doug Morris has …	Doug Morris	278	2022	View
Titanic Remembered The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax Formac Publishing	The sinking of the ocean-liner Titanic in April of 1912 captured the attention of the world; as the nearest large port to the site of the disaster, Halifax became the focus of the world’s …	Alan Ruffman	72	2013	View
From Acknowledgements From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	Acknowledgements	John Boileau	1	2004	$0.10 Add
From Introduction From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Background to the legal battles between the City of Toronto and its transit provider in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.	C. Ian Kyer	13	2015	$1.30 Add
From Introduction Machines, People, Places and a World Transformed From: Car Nation View James Lorimer and Company	Examines the car as a technology that changed the world as we know it. Outlines that the car became a fulcrum for human interaction. Looks at the American Influence on the Canadian Car Industry. …	Dimitry Anastakis	9	2008	$0.90 Add
From Introduction From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Overview of the town of Lac-Mégantic, its relation to railroads, and the rail disaster of 2013, placed within the context of government deregulation of key industries like transportation and …	Bruce Campbell	6	2018	$0.60 Add
From Introduction From: Titanic Remembered View Formac Publishing	An introduction that sums up why the author is qualified to write this book. It also outlines an exhibit at the Martime Museum of the Atlantic about the Titanic sinking	Dan Conlin	2	2013	$0.20 Add
From Preface & Introduction A Paradigm Shift From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	Explains the importance of Samuel Cunard in giving a major push to the use of steamships and the paradigm shift of the first use of regularized transportation and communication by steamship …	John Boileau	5	2006	$0.50 Add
From NEW! This is Your Captain Speaking… From: This Is Your Captain Speaking View ECW Press	In the introduction author Doug Morris explains how he hopes this book will fill the void of aviation knowledge by enlightening a wide spectrum of readers. As his aviation career is on its final …	Doug Morris	3	2022	$0.30 Add
From Campus Parking and the Car as a Third Place Asphalt Grievances and Commuter Sociability From: Degrees of Failure View Between The Lines	Using the examples of three Canadian schools, this chapter demonstrates how issues concerning the automobile, especially both the lack and expansion of on-campus parking, have become major policy …	Randle W. Nelsen	13	2017	$1.30 Add