Transportation

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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 Data minecraft Surveillance and policing From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? View Between The Lines	Chapter seven of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers surveillance and policing of digital data associated with the new transportation revolution technologies. The author finds the new …	James Wilt	17	2020	$1.70 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
Dry Run Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis New Society Publishers	In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for …	Jerry Yudelson	312	2010	View
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
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 Forward and Preface From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	For this book, I’ve chosen to focus on my first love in the professional world, water, a subject to which I devoted a considerable part of my early professional career. With the arrival of …	Jerry Yudelson	7	2010	$0.70 Add
From Graywater From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	Unlike rainwater, which is highly variable both year to year and seasonally, graywater tends to be reliably present in most commercial environments, so why use potable water for flushing toilets, …	Jerry Yudelson	11	2010	$1.10 Add
From Green Water From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, you’ll learn about opportunities for conserving the use of potable water in landscape, ways to integrate stormwater management with landscaping and systems for reusing …	Jerry Yudelson	12	2010	$1.20 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 The slow bleed From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? View Between The Lines	The introduction of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? begins with a survey of positive and progressive images of public transit throughout the history of science fiction, most recently in the …	James Wilt	16	2020	$1.60 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 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