Transportation
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Car NationAn Illustrated History of Canada's Transformation Behind the Wheel |
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 |
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 WorldThe Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils |
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 CunardNova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic |
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 DisasterPublic Betrayal, Justice Denied |
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’ WarThe Failed Public/Private Partnership that Spurred the Creation of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1891-1921 |
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 SpeakingStories from the Flight Deck |
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 RememberedThe Unsinkable Ship and Halifax |
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 |
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From AcknowledgementsFrom: Fastest in the World |
Acknowledgements | John Boileau | 1 | 2004 | $0.10 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Thirty Years' War |
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 |
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From IntroductionMachines, People, Places and a World Transformed From: Car Nation |
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 |
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From Introduction |
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 |
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From IntroductionFrom: Titanic Remembered |
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 |
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From Preface & IntroductionA Paradigm Shift From: Samuel Cunard |
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 |
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From NEW! This is Your Captain Speaking… |
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 |
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From  Campus Parking and the Car as a Third PlaceAsphalt Grievances and Commuter Sociability From: Degrees of Failure |
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 |
