Rails Across Canada
Rails Across Canada

Author: Tom Murray

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2011-03-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1610601394

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Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successful Railroad Color History titles into one volume taking in the grand scope of both railroads. Author Tom Murray presents fastidiously researched and concisely presented histories of each railroad, along with more than 300 photographs, including rare archival black-and-white images and modern and period color photography sourced from national archives and private collections.

Nothing Like It In the World
Nothing Like It In the World

Author: Stephen E. Ambrose

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001-11-06

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780743203173

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The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.

Lines of Country
Lines of Country

Author: Christopher Andreae

Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9781550461336

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Magnificent & monumental (16x12), the History is obviously very heavily subsidized (at $75.00 list price). Andreae (president, Historica Research) has, over 22 years, gathered common and obscure data and photos (560 here) of transportation in all its physical and other manifestations: its history

The Philosophy of Railways
The Philosophy of Railways

Author: Andy Albert den Otter

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780802041616

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Examines the ideological motivations for building the Canadian railway, the contemporary understandings of nationalism, and the evolving notion of a transcontinental union.

Empire Express
Empire Express

Author: David Haward Bain

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 1432

ISBN-13: 1101658045

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After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American history.

Empire's Tracks
Empire's Tracks

Author: Manu Karuka

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2019-01-29

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0520296648

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Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.