The philosophy of railways : the transcontinental railway idea in British North America /

The philosophy of railways : the transcontinental railway idea in British North America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Otter, A. A. den (Andy Albert den), 1941-
Imprint:Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Language:English
Subject:
Canadian Pacific Railway Company -- History.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Railroads -- Canada -- History.
Railroads.
Canada.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184300
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ISBN:9781442678460
1442678461
0802041612
9780802041616
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:"When, in the late 1980s, the federal government initiated a plan to deregulate the Canadian railway system, lobby groups protested the betrayal of a national mandate. They asserted that the railway was founded to promote a sense of national identity, to provide access to isolated regions of the country, and to ensure a transnational exchange of goods and ideas. In The Philosophy of Railways, A.A. den Otter considers the relationship between nationalism and technology, and shows how the popular rhetoric surrounding the evolution of the Canadian Pacific Railway has mythologized the role of a private corporation and its technology. He questions the notion that the railways were built as an antidote to American manifest destiny, suggesting instead that the widespread adoption of railway transportation as a civilizing mission impelled Canadians to bow to technology's integrating effects, including confederation and closer ties with the United States."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Otter, A.A. den (Andy Albert den), 1941- Philosophy of railways. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1997 9780802041616

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