Author: Les Harding
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476608393
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The building of a narrow-gauge trans-island railway in nineteenth century Newfoundland was a reckless and even desperate experiment. The island was poor, the population small, and the local politics rife with bitter sectarian conflict. Against these unpromising odds, the Newfoundland Railway came into existence on June 29, 1898, and operated successfully for well over half a century. This book offers a comprehensive history of the Newfoundland Railway, focusing especially on the railroad's early years and the important early contributions of railway engineer R.G. Reid. A chronology and glossary are also included, along with several appendices which offer eye-witness accounts of the railway as recorded in period news articles, personal correspondence, poetry, and songs.
China's Quest for Railway Autonomy, 1904-1911
Author: En-han Lee
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Sir Claude MacDonald, the Open Door, and British Informal Empire in China, 1895-1900
Author: Mary H. Wilgus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351120204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
First published in 1987. Great Britain secured and expanded its informal empire in China during the five years following the Sino-Japanese War. From 1895 through 1900 Lord Salisbury accepted England’s traditional, commercially oriented China policy and adapted it to dramatically altered political conditions in East Asia. Through the efforts of Sir Claude MacDonald, Britain met the commercial and political challenges of its European competitors and implemented the "open door," a strong but maligned policy. With the assistance of Britain’s indigenous collaborators, England managed to maintain a greatly weakened Manchu dynasty and to increase its financial, commercial, and informal political power in China without the use of military force or formal alliance. In order to help the reader understand Britain’s informal empire in China, the author reviews the historical background which brought China into Britain’s expanding economy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351120204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
First published in 1987. Great Britain secured and expanded its informal empire in China during the five years following the Sino-Japanese War. From 1895 through 1900 Lord Salisbury accepted England’s traditional, commercially oriented China policy and adapted it to dramatically altered political conditions in East Asia. Through the efforts of Sir Claude MacDonald, Britain met the commercial and political challenges of its European competitors and implemented the "open door," a strong but maligned policy. With the assistance of Britain’s indigenous collaborators, England managed to maintain a greatly weakened Manchu dynasty and to increase its financial, commercial, and informal political power in China without the use of military force or formal alliance. In order to help the reader understand Britain’s informal empire in China, the author reviews the historical background which brought China into Britain’s expanding economy.
The consolidated statutes of Newfoundland (Third series).
Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Northern Pacific Land Grants
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Author: Ramsay Cook
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780802039989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1330
Book Description
Internet version contains all the information in the 14 volume print and CD-ROM versions; fully searchable by keyword or by browsing the name index.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780802039989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1330
Book Description
Internet version contains all the information in the 14 volume print and CD-ROM versions; fully searchable by keyword or by browsing the name index.
Railway Times
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
European Economic and Political Survey
Author: Walter Russell Batsell
Publisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Law Times Reports of Cases Decided in the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal ... [new Series].
Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Oriental News and Comment
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Law Times Reports
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description