R B Fleming

The Railway King of Canada

Sir William Mackenzie, 1849-1923

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Produktbeschreibung

A dramatic biography of the now-forgotten Canadian entrepreneur, who spearheaded the most technologically advanced projects ever undertaken in the country, and built a business empire that stretched to Brazil, but was virtually bankrupt by the time of this death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780774804868
• ISBN-10: 0774804866
• Artikelnr.: 22209860

Autorenporträt

R.B. Fleming is a professional historian who was raised in Eldon Township, Ontario - Mackenzie's native area. He has taught at several Canadian universities and is currently honorary visiting fellow in Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Shanties, Schoolhouses, and Townhalls, 1849-82
2 Seeking Newer Worlds, 1882-91
3 The Electric 1890s
4 Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Birmingham Trolleys
5 Dauphin Iron and Yukon Gold, 1895-8
6 Masked Ball, 1899-1903
7 "La Presse" and Other Affairs, 1904-6
8 Dark Moments, 1907-8
9 Drinking Life to the Lees, 1909-11
10 "Honour'd of Them All," 1912
11 Fading Star, 1913-15
12 "An Unjustifiably Sanguine View," 1915-17
13 Unsettling Affairs, 1918-23
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index