Transportation

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
From Flight Patterns A Century of Air Travel From: Wanderlust View Goose Lane Editions	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, …	Laura Byrne Paquet	34	2007	$3.40 Add
From Going Down to the Sea in Ships From: Wanderlust View Goose Lane Editions	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 …	Laura Byrne Paquet	27	2007	$2.70 Add
From Harper and Harrison From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	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 …	Bruce Campbell	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Hazards of War and Last Acts From: Churchill and Fisher View James Lorimer and Company	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 …	Barry Gough	46	2017	$4.60 Add
From Ice, Snow, and a Temporary Thaw, 1893–99 From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Account of legal actions commenced by two individuals over operational issues in the early years of the Toronto Railway Company.	C. Ian Kyer	16	2015	$1.60 Add
From Index From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	Index	John Boileau	2	2004	$0.20 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	Acknowledgements	John Boileau	1	2004	$0.10 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 NEW! Introduction From: War Among the Clouds View Goose Lane Editions	J. Brent Wilson opens this section with insight into the impact that air operations made during the Great War, introducing the part New Brunswick airmen played in the war.	Brent J. Wilson	2	2024	$0.20 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 NEW! Joining Up: Recruitment and Enlistment From: War Among the Clouds View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter outlines the steps involved in becoming an airman in the British air services, sharing the motivations New Brunswick men had for joining and what recruitment and enlistment looked …	Brent J. Wilson	19	2024	$1.90 Add
From King Car: The Automobile’s Golden Age From: Car Nation View James Lorimer and Company	1945-1973. Analyzes the Great post-war boom in the car industry and argues that the automobile emblems of the era They represented a new industrial might, a new ethos of consumption and a new …	Dimitry Anastakis	19	2008	$1.90 Add
From NEW! King Car: The Automobile’s Golden From: Car Nation Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Anastakis describes how the automotive industry was key in defining post-1945 Canadian economic growth and prosperity. Union successes in wage negotiations built a well-paid work …	Dimitry Anastakis	16	2026	$1.60 Add