Transportation

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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 NEW! Introduction From: Canada's Main Street View Sutherland House	In this introduction, Baird contrasts the Trans-Canada Highway’s political build with the storytelling of the Canadian Pacific Railway, referencing Pierre Berton’s 1970 and 1971 …	Craig Baird	6	2025	$0.60 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
From Laying the Groundwork for Conflict, 1891–92 From: Thirty Years' War View Irwin Law Inc.	Account of the end of the franchise of the Toronto Street Railway Company and the need to replace it.	C. Ian Kyer	16	2015	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Life behind the Lines and on the Home Front From: War Among the Clouds View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter shares how the airmen would spend their free time when poor flying conditions and decreasing military operations allowed them to participate in leisure activities.	Brent J. Wilson	19	2024	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Machines, People, Places and a World Transformed From: Car Nation Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this introductory chapter, Anastakis offers an overview of the history of autos, auto manufaturing and car culture in Canada.	Dimitry Anastakis	6	2026	$0.60 Add
From Making Tracks The Myth of CPR From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of …	Daniel Frances	39	1997	$1.17 Add
From NEW! Manitoba From: Canada's Main Street View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Baird traces the evolution of automobile culture and highway construction in Manitoba, from the early 1900s through the 1960s.	Craig Baird	10	2025	$1.00 Add
From Bras d’Or Flies…and Falls From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	1971. Outlines multiple voyages of the Bras d’Or, during which it bacame the fastest warship in the world.	John Boileau	10	2004	$1.00 Add
From Not Made in Canada From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	Examines the use of Hydrofoils after the laying up of the Bras d’Or in 1971 and what it has meant for the Canadian Navy	John Boileau	10	2004	$1.00 Add
From Off the rails A brief history of automotive domination From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? View Between The Lines	opens with a critique of Elon Musk’s damning opinion of public transit, before diving into a short history of how the automobile became the dominant transport option in North America. He …	James Wilt	17	2020	$1.70 Add
From Oil-Lobby Power, Railway-Lobby Power From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the rise of Stephen Harper against the backdrop of Big Oil interests. Identifies how oil lobby, backed by rail lobby, and supported by Harper pushed through additional deregulation. He …	Bruce Campbell	12	2018	$1.20 Add