Transportation
Showing 17–32 of 106 results
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From ![]() BRITANNIA & BostonFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1838-1840. Examines the professional relationship between Samuel Cunard and Robert Napier. Looks at building ships to combat the challenges of the North Atlantic | John Boileau | 12 | 2006 | $1.20 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 |
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From ![]() Canada’s New Carscape:Town and Country Remade From: Car Nation |
1912-1930. Analyzes the spread of the car in popularity and the freedom it represented to Canadians as you could now travel across the country, the changes to cities because of the car, road … | Dimitry Anastakis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Canadian Motordom in Depression and WarFrom: Car Nation |
1930-1945. Looks at the downturn for the auto industry during the Great Depression, the unionization of the industry, and the effect of WWII on the auto industry. Specifically uses the life of … | Dimitry Anastakis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |
![]() 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 … | 96 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! CasualtiesFrom: War Among the Clouds |
Wilson shares the casualties suffered by New Brunswick airmen that resulted from flying accidents or combat. | Brent J. Wilson | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Chronology of Hydrofoil DevelopmentFrom: Fastest in the World |
A timeline of innovations and events related to hydrofoil development. | John Boileau | 2 | 2004 | $0.20 Add |
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From ![]() City in MourningFrom: Titanic Remembered |
Looks at the Halifax response to the tragedy and how the city handled their responsibility as the closest port to the sunken ship. Memorial Services, Bringing in the bodies, Burials, and the … | Alan Ruffman | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Clippers & CanalsFrom: Samuel Cunard |
Looks at Samuel Cunard’s venture into the tea trade, the establishment of the Halifax Whaling Company, his competitor Enos Collins, his friend Joseph Howe, and the creation of canal systems … | John Boileau | 12 | 2006 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Coming Home and Moving OnFrom: War Among the Clouds |
This chapter discusses what life was like for the New Brunswick airmen who had returned home, sharing how they remembered those who were lost and their efforts to resume their lives in the … | Brent J. Wilson | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Competition & CartelFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1841-1853. Examines Samuel Cunard’s financial difficulties with his other enterprises, the steamship competition that sprung up, the fact that Boston was surpassing Halifax in terms of … | John Boileau | 16 | 2006 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() ConclustionThe Cunard Legacy From: Samuel Cunard |
1868-2006. Traces the legacy of Samuel Cunard and his shipping line from his death to 2006. | John Boileau | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Crowded Streetcars, 1899–1903From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of operational disputes between the City and the Toronto Railway Company, specifically in relation to the issue of overcrowding of streetcars. | C. Ian Kyer | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Cruise Checks |
Chapter 5 focuses on the checks during the actual flight and the process of flying. Topics discussed include facts of air flight, routes, air pressure, weather, routing, polar flights, … | Doug Morris | 52 | 2022 | $5.20 Add |
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From ![]() Cunard & CompanyFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1804-1812. Looks at Samuel Cunard as an entrepreneur. Also examines the war of 1812 and the city of Halifax during this time | John Boileau | 10 | 2006 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Disaster & DominanceFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1854-1868. Disaster strikes the Collins Line in the form of ship sinking, Samuel Cunard capitalizes on this disaster also examines the successes of other shipping lines and how they prospered … | John Boileau | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |











