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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b10278969.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "1. Technological Nationalism: The Backdrop -- 2. The Guarantee Act: Signpost for an Era -- 3. Nova Scotia: Railways and the New Economy -- 4. The Grand Trunk Railway: The New Imperialism -- 5. Saint John: Fulcrum Metropol -- 6. The Pacific Scandal: Nationalism and Business -- 7. The National Policy: Defining a Nation -- 8. The Philosophy of Railways: Conclusions and Conjectures.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-279) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 292 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802041612".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog subject "Canadian Pacific Railway Company History.".
- catalog subject "HE2810.C2 O85 1997".
- catalog subject "Railroads Canada History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Technological Nationalism: The Backdrop -- 2. The Guarantee Act: Signpost for an Era -- 3. Nova Scotia: Railways and the New Economy -- 4. The Grand Trunk Railway: The New Imperialism -- 5. Saint John: Fulcrum Metropol -- 6. The Pacific Scandal: Nationalism and Business -- 7. The National Policy: Defining a Nation -- 8. The Philosophy of Railways: Conclusions and Conjectures.".
- catalog title "The philosophy of railways : the transcontinental railway idea in British North America / A.A. den Otter.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".