A history of transportation in Canada. Volume I, Continental strategy to 1867 / by G.P. de T. Glazebrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glazebrook, G. P. de T. (George Parkin de Twenebroker), 1899- author.

Contributor:

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of Economics and History.

Series:

Carleton library ; no. 11.

Carleton library ; number 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Canada--History.

Transportation.

Railroads--Canada--History.

Railroads.

Railroads and state--Canada.

Railroads and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : McClelland and Stewart, [1964]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1938, A History of Transportation in Canada is regarded as the standard work on the subject. Its great merit lies in the way in which it skillfully links advances in transportation with the course of Canadian political and economic history. Volume 1 covers the history of transportation from the French regime to the first railway era and the time of Confederation.

Contents:

Part 1 Conlinenlal Strategy to 1867. Chapter 1: Water Transport in the French Régime

Chapter 2: The Fur Traders, 1763-1821

Chapter 3: Sail and Steam

Chapter 4: Roads in the Old Provinces

Chapter 5: The First Railway Era.

Notes:

Volume 1 of a 2 volume set.

First published in 1938 by Ryerson Press, Toronto.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7735-9109-5

OCLC:

883909511