Canada and the Grand Trunk, 1829-1924
Author | : Henry Almon Lovett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Henry Almon Lovett |
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Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Henry Almon Lovett |
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Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada |
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Author | : Lawrence Johnstone Burpee |
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Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Canada |
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Author | : William Lawson Grant |
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Total Pages | : 728 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Canada |
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Author | : Various |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 839 |
Release | : 2022-08-01 |
Genre | : History |
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Canadian History" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author | : Edwin C. Guillet |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 1933-12-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1487598033 |
Although there were abundant hardships, early life in Upper Canada was romantic and colourful in many ways. However, despite important contributions to the social and economic history of Canada, few good, comprehensive accounts have been generally available. Early Life in Upper Canada, originally published in 1933, is by far the finest history yet compiled, and it is now being reprinted in order to make available to a new generation an important and engrossing description of this area of Canadian history. The author, a distinguished Canadian historian, has drawn on contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals, as well as consulting all the existing histories, and he has supplemented these researches with interviews with persons who had personal contacts with early life in the Province. Mr. Guillet has compiled a thorough, accurate and delightfully readable history, that brings vividly to life the early settlers and their experiences. This is in accordance with the author's profound desire to make the study of Canadian history a delight rather than a chore. He has not concealed the unpleasant aspects of pioneer life, nor does he attempt to glamorize its difficulties. There is a tendency at times to forget that the founders of Upper Canada include hundreds of thousands of men and women of many nationalities, and fur traders, lumbermen, and voyageurs, as well as settlers. Their contributions, too, are acknowledged and recorded here. This book is profusely illustrated, with drawings made, in many cases, by army cartographers, who were skilled creative artists as well. Their paintings, fortunately, have been better preserved than were written accounts of the times, and are accurate depictions of pioneer life. The extensive bibliography and carefully prepared index will make this work invaluable for historians as well as for general readers.
Author | : Pierre Berton |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2010-12-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 038567354X |
In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking: the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extraordinary land boom of Winnipeg in 1881–1882; and the epic tale of how William Van Horne rushed 3,000 soldiers over a half-finished railway to quell the Riel Rebellion. Dominating the whole saga are the men who made it all possible — a host of astonishing characters: Van Horne, the powerhouse behind the vision of a transcontinental railroad; Rogers, the eccentric surveyor; Onderdonk, the cool New Yorker; Stephen, the most emotional of businessmen; Father Lacombe, the black-robed voyageur; Sam Steele, of the North West Mounted Police; Gabriel Dumont, the Prince of the Prairies; more than 7,000 Chinese workers, toiling and dying in the canyons of the Fraser Valley; and many more — land sharks, construction geniuses, politicians, and entrepreneurs — all of whom played a role in the founding of the new Canada west of Ontario.
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Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Colonies |
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Author | : Douglas J. Puffert |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2009-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0226685098 |
A standard track gauge—the distance between the two rails—enables connecting railway lines to exchange traffic. But despite the benefits of standardization, early North American railways used six different gauges extensively, and even today breaks of gauge at national borders and within such countries as India and Australia are expensive burdens on commerce. In Tracks across Continents, Paths through History, Douglas J. Puffert offers a global history of railway track gauge, examining early choices and the dynamic process of diversity and standardization that resulted. Drawing on the economic theory of path dependence, and grounded in economic, technical, and institutional realities, this innovative volume traces how early historical events, and even idiosyncratic personalities, have affected choices of gauge ever since, despite changing technology and understandings of what gauge is optimal. Puffert also uses this history to develop new insights in the theory of path dependence. Tracks across Continents, Paths through History will be essential reading for anyone interested in how history and economics inform each other.