Transportation

Showing 33–48 of 118 results

Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Competition & Cartel From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	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
From Conclustion The Cunard Legacy From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	1868-2006. Traces the legacy of Samuel Cunard and his shipping line from his death to 2006.	John Boileau	14	2006	$1.40 Add
From Crowded Streetcars, 1899–1903 From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	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
From NEW! Cruise Checks From: This Is Your Captain Speaking View ECW Press	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
From Cunard & Company From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	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
From Disaster & Dominance From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	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
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
From Driving into the World, from Oil Crisis to Today From: Car Nation View James Lorimer and Company	1973 – 2005. Looks at the oil shock of 1973, looks at the car industries involvement in nationalism, continentialism, and globalization, the development of fuel economy & emissions …	Dimitry Anastakis	17	2008	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Driving into the World: From the Oil Crisis to the Millenium From: Car Nation Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Anastakis describes the history of Canada’s auto industry from early 1970s to 2000. He covers the history of key manufacturing firms, including incoming Japanese and …	Dimitry Anastakis	14	2026	$1.40 Add
From “A Boat Which Is Not a Boat” From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	1908-1918. Outlines the development of Baldwin and Bell’s HD series from 1 to 4 and their quest for hydrofoil self-propulsion.	John Boileau	12	2004	$1.20 Add
From Epilogue Lessons Learned From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Illustration of how the issues arising in the accounts of the transit dispute could be applied in a modern context.	C. Ian Kyer	11	2015	$1.10 Add
From Epilogue From: Titanic Remembered View Formac Publishing	The impact of the Titanic Sinking is overviewed	Alan Ruffman	2	2013	$0.20 Add
From Eve of Destruction From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes how by 2012 the conditions were set for some kind of rail disaster: too litte regulation and few qualified inspectors. Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway was unprepared for …	Bruce Campbell	18	2018	$1.80 Add
Fastest in the World The 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 …		98		View
From Finishing with the Old Regime, 1921–24 From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Account of the arbitration relating to the 1921 takeover of the Toronto Railway Company’s transit operations.	C. Ian Kyer	13	2015	$1.30 Add
From Fisher’s Reforms From: Churchill and Fisher View James Lorimer and Company	Historian Barry Bough analyzes Jack Fisher’s reforms in the admiralty from 1904-1911 especially related to technilogical advancements, efficiency for vessels, administrative changes, and …	Barry Gough	58	2017	$5.80 Add