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The intercity electric railway industry in Canada, which began in 1887, ended in 1959. It was never a major industry but its role in the transition of Canadian

Uses maps to illustrate the development of Canada from the last ice sheet to the end of the eighteenth century

The field of business history has changed and grown dramatically over the last few years. There is less interest in the traditional `company-centred' approach a

During the first two decades of this century, Sir William Mackenzie was one of Canada’s best known entrepreneurs. He spearheaded some of the largest and most

“A well-written social history of the shortest-lived major US transportation mode” from the railway historian and author of A Mighty Fine Road (Choice). One