Using a social constructivist approach to the history of technology, this article examines the jitney-bus phenomenon in urban Canada between 1914 and 1929. These hailed-ride common carriers briefly flourished during the First World War, but were soon suppressed by municipal regulators. Their suppression, though intended to protect public transit from "destructive" competition, in fact weakened it by depriving it of a flexible, speedy alternative to the private automobile. The article explains both the importance of jitneys in a modern context and the reasons for—and the social groups behind—their quick demise in most Canadian cities during the First World War.Abordant l’histoire de la technologie dans une optique constructiviste, l’auteur é...
Based on the hypothesis that the municipality, being a social product of urban area specialization, ...
Afin d’analyser la ville en tant que société technologique, il est nécessaire de se concentrer sur l...
This thesis examines the response of the city of Toronto at the close of the nineteenth century, to ...
The history of the cab trade in Canada prior to 1914 is a largely unexplored field. This paper outli...
The subject of this thesis is a technology, the motor vehicle, that greatly affected our society. Be...
How urban was industrial activity in 1871, when only one in five Canadians lived in incorporated cit...
Street railway strikes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were frequently the occa...
Through an examination of four Calgary boosters in the pre-1914 period, this article argues that boo...
Between 1925 and 1950 most Canadian cities experienced a taxi war during which fares and drivers' in...
This thesis looks at the regulatory responses to the jitney craze from San Francisco and Los Angeles...
This article presents a history of jitneys from the Gilded Age streets until their return to discour...
The bicycle has yet to be afforded its rightful place in Canadian urban transportation history. Prev...
Le présent article examine la participation directe et indirecte des grands hommes d’affaires à la p...
The rapid spread of electric streetcar technology in the 1890s brought not only passengers to the su...
The article focuses on the popularity of private buses modified for passenger service known as jitne...
Based on the hypothesis that the municipality, being a social product of urban area specialization, ...
Afin d’analyser la ville en tant que société technologique, il est nécessaire de se concentrer sur l...
This thesis examines the response of the city of Toronto at the close of the nineteenth century, to ...
The history of the cab trade in Canada prior to 1914 is a largely unexplored field. This paper outli...
The subject of this thesis is a technology, the motor vehicle, that greatly affected our society. Be...
How urban was industrial activity in 1871, when only one in five Canadians lived in incorporated cit...
Street railway strikes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were frequently the occa...
Through an examination of four Calgary boosters in the pre-1914 period, this article argues that boo...
Between 1925 and 1950 most Canadian cities experienced a taxi war during which fares and drivers' in...
This thesis looks at the regulatory responses to the jitney craze from San Francisco and Los Angeles...
This article presents a history of jitneys from the Gilded Age streets until their return to discour...
The bicycle has yet to be afforded its rightful place in Canadian urban transportation history. Prev...
Le présent article examine la participation directe et indirecte des grands hommes d’affaires à la p...
The rapid spread of electric streetcar technology in the 1890s brought not only passengers to the su...
The article focuses on the popularity of private buses modified for passenger service known as jitne...
Based on the hypothesis that the municipality, being a social product of urban area specialization, ...
Afin d’analyser la ville en tant que société technologique, il est nécessaire de se concentrer sur l...
This thesis examines the response of the city of Toronto at the close of the nineteenth century, to ...