First published in 1938, Volume two deals with Canadian transportation from 1867 to the late 1930s, and includes what is regarded as one of the best short discussions of the Canadian "railway problem."
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 385.0971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
- General Note
- Volume 2 of a 2 volume set First published in 1938 by Ryerson Press, Toronto Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780773591349 9780771097126
- LCCN
- HE215
- LCCN Item number
- G4 1964eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (293 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00234594 (OCoLC)883909434 (CaOOCEL)448074
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- National economy, 1867-1936
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- PREFACE TO THE CARLETON LIBRARY EDITION 8
- Chapter 6: From Continental to National Economy 10
- 1. Confederation and Railways 10
- 2. The Intercolonial Railway 22
- Chapler 7: The Project of a Pacific Railway 35
- 1. Western Transportation Before the Railway 35
- 2. The Opening of the West 44
- 3. The Railway Planned 53
- 4. The Struggle for the Contract 57
- Chapler 8: The Building of the Pacific Railway 69
- 1. Railway Policy of the Liberal Government 69
- 2. Government Surveys and Construction 74
- 3. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company 81
- 4. Completion of the Pacific Railway 89
- Chapler 9: Consequences of the Pacific Railway 100
- 1. Effect on the General Position 100
- 2. Expansion of the Canadian Pacific in the East 110
- 3. Competition or Monopoly in the West 117
- Chapter 10: The Later Transcontinental Railways 128
- 1. The Coming of Prosperity 128
- 2. The Liberal Railway Policy 134
- 3. The Grand Trunk Pacific 144
- 4. The Canadian Northern Railway 149
- Chapter 11: Nationalization of Railways 156
- 1. Railways as a Public Problem 156
- 2. National ization of the Canadian Northern 164
- 3. Nationalization of the Grand Trunk 175
- 4. The Canadian National Railways 185
- Chapter 12: Railways in Sunshine and Shadow 191
- 1. A New Era of Expansion and Competition 191
- 2. The Depression and the Railways 208
- 3. The Practice of Public Ownership 220
- Chapter 13: Modern Waterways 229
- 1. Enlargement of Canals 229
- 2. Ships and Cargoes 235
- 3. The St. Lawrence Deep Waterway 243
- Chapter 14: Transportation by Electricity and Gasoline 250
- 1. Electric Railways 250
- 2. Roads and Motor Vehicles 254
- 3. Air Transport 265
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 274
- NOTES 276
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 286
- INDEX 287
- THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAYS OF CANADA 75
