Transportation

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Epilogue

Epilogue

Lessons Learned

From: Thirty Years' War

Illustration of how the issues arising in the accounts of the transit dispute could be applied in a modern context. 11 $1.10 Add
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Epilogue

Epilogue

From: Titanic Remembered

The impact of the Titanic Sinking is overviewed 2 $0.20 Add
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Eve of Destruction

Eve of Destruction

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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 … 18 $1.80 Add
Fastest in the World

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
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Finishing the Canadian Pacific Railway (June)

Finishing the Canadian Pacific Railway (June)

From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885

In this chapter, Dutil examines how in June 1885, the House of Commons debated the final financing of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 26 $2.60 Add
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Finishing with the Old Regime, 1921–24

Finishing with the Old Regime, 1921–24

From: Thirty Years' War

Account of the arbitration relating to the 1921 takeover of the Toronto Railway Company’s transit operations. 13 $1.30 Add
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Fisher’s Reforms

Fisher’s Reforms

From: Churchill and Fisher

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 … 58 $5.80 Add
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Flight Patterns

Flight Patterns

A Century of Air Travel

From: Wanderlust

Chapter Eight examines the history of air travel. The chapter follows air travel from the invention of flight to the development of aviation, early airlines, rise of Pan Am, types of air crafts, … 34 $3.40 Add
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Going Down to the Sea in Ships

Going Down to the Sea in Ships

From: Wanderlust

Chapter Five explores the history of sea travel and ships as methods of transportation. The chapter begins with the Greeks and Roman sailing across the Mediterranean world, charter ships of the … 27 $2.70 Add
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Harper and Harrison

Harper and Harrison

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Hazards of War and Last Acts

Hazards of War and Last Acts

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough examines the hazards Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher faced due to the First World War (particularly 1916-1918) focusing on the advancement of submarine warfare and the … 46 $4.60 Add
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Ice, Snow, and a Temporary Thaw, 1893–99

Ice, Snow, and a Temporary Thaw, 1893–99

From: Thirty Years' War

Account of legal actions commenced by two individuals over operational issues in the early years of the Toronto Railway Company. 16 $1.60 Add
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Index

Index

From: Fastest in the World

Index 2 $0.20 Add
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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

From: Fastest in the World

Acknowledgements 1 $0.10 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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 … 6 $0.60 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: 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 2 $0.20 Add