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Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railways, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries througho……続きを見る

A detailed overview of the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation GA-28A/B, one of the submissions to the US Navy convoy fighter competition of 1950, which ultimately produced the Convair XFY-1 and Lockheed ……続きを見る

The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education revises the traditional interpretation of the land-grant college movement, whose institutions were brought into being by the 1862 Morrill Act to p……続きを見る

Michigan will always be known as the automobile capital of the world, but the Great Lakes State boasts a similarly rich heritage in the development of boat building in America. By the late nineteent……続きを見る

For the vast majority of Native American students in federal Indian boarding schools at the turn of the twentieth century, the experience was nothing short of tragic. Dislocated from family and comm……続きを見る

No area of Portland, Oregon, played a more important role in street railway history than Northwest Portland and the neighborhood known as Slabtown. In 1872, the city's first streetcars passed close ……続きを見る

A $1 million Eastern Air Line propeller plane with 84 people on board exploded suddenly approximately five minutes after takeoff on February 8, 1965. The causes of the crash involved an incoming Pan……続きを見る

These are the stories of the `boys' of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment who served in World War II in Malaya and Singapore in the defence of Australia, and spent three and a half years of their lives as P……続きを見る

Acidentes Aéreos Material de didático sobre aviação. Acidentes Aéreos é mais uma opção da Bianch para ampliar seus conhecimentos sobre aviação Conheça os bastidores de uma investigação de aci……続きを見る

The story of steamboating in the Canadian West comes to life in the voices of those aboard the vessels of the waterways of the Prairies. Their captains were seafaring skippers who had migrated inlan……続きを見る

S-51 sank almost immediately after it was rammed around 10:30 p.m. off Block Island Sound on Saturday evening, September 25, 1925. Her crew of 34 was in the water, sailors who begged for a line to s……続きを見る

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage takes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic’s elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers. The Titanic has often ……続きを見る

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 Endorsed for Edexcel Enable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pac……続きを見る

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 Endorsed for Edexcel Enable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pac……続きを見る

Supercars are the stuff of childhood dreams, the perfect blend of power and beauty. Here, the experts at evo magazine assemble the 100 greatest supercars ever built, from the red-blooded Ferraris of……続きを見る

Science for Children introduces readers to the pedagogy of primary and early childhood science education. The book pays special attention to the three strands of science, in accordance with the Aust……続きを見る

The huge KLM Super Constellation with its 4 propeller driven engines crashed into the Atlantic Ocean around dawn on August 14, 1958. The plane's flight originated in Amsterdam and the difficulty beg……続きを見る

These stories are about the members of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment. The regiment served in World War II in the thwarted defence of Malaya and in the charade of the defence of Darwin. Three batteries ……続きを見る

Of the 17th century French explorers of North America, La Salle was among the most ambitious. The Griffon or Griffin was a ship that was built from the white oak trees native to the Niagara Falls re……続きを見る

Between 2007 and 2012 the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute from Zagreb and the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice co……続きを見る

Teaching and Digital Technologies: Big Issues and Critical Questions helps both pre-service and in-service teachers to critically question and evaluate the reasons for using digital technology in th……続きを見る

American history is ubiquitous, underscoring everything from food to travel to architecture and design. It is also emotionally charged, frequently crossing paths with political and legal issues. In ……続きを見る

Successful but self-tormented, English educational pioneer Constance Maynard (1849–1935) was a deeply religious evangelical Christian whose personal atonement theology demanded that one resist carna……続きを見る

Thyāgarāja has been invariably an entertaining philosopher, friend and guide.1 Thyāgarājas life is narrated by the older generation to the younger, and has been written in many forms and languages. ……続きを見る

The sinking of the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia was Alaska’s worst maritime disaster ー until it nearly happened again. In 1918, the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia left Ska……続きを見る

Hop on board as we journey through the incredible history of railways. Cherished, admired and frequently used as an excuse for lateness, the railways occupy a special place in our hearts. Trains are……続きを見る

In his previously written articles and books, Chris Edwards has argued that teaching should be considered a field that is separate from both the field of education and from the content area fields. ……続きを見る

We have reached that prominent milestone of four centuries since the Pendle Witch trials of 1612. During the period of March to August of that year the number of people accused of witchcraft, and ev……続きを見る

Flight 2501, a Northwest Orient Douglas DC-4 Airliner crashed into Lake Michigan sometime around midnight on June 23, 1950. The plane had departed LaGuardia Airport in New York City at approximately……続きを見る

Post-secondary education, often referred to as “the new buffalo,” is a contentious but critically important issue for First Nations and the future of Canadian society. While First Nations maintain t……続きを見る