The British Ordnance Department and Canada's canals, 1815-1855 / / George Raudzens

• Autore: Raudzens George <1938->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 325/.31/410971
• Soggetto topico: Canals - Canada - History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies America Administration; Canada Economic conditions
• Note generali: Based on the author's thesis, Yale, 1970.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Ordnance Department -- The Canadian Setting -- The Struggle for Military Canals, 1814-1825 -- Launching the Rideau Project -- The Expansion of the Rideau Project -- Completion of the Canal and financial Chaos -- Conflict Over Ordnance Property -- Dissolution -- The Ordnance Impact on Canada -- Bibliography -- A Technical Assessment of the Rideau Canal from the Commencement of Construction -- Establishment of the Ordnance Observatory at Toronto -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: No detailed description available for "The British Ordnance Department and Canada's Canals 1815-1855".
• Titolo autorizzato: The British Ordnance Department and Canada's canals, 1815-1855
• ISBN: 1-55458-573-2; 1-282-23307-6; 9786613810816; 0-88920-638-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154973303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II