Physical Description:print xv, 280 p. : ill., maps, photographs ; 25 cm.
Publisher:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-267) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction. Birth of a nation: race, empire, and nationalism during Canada's railway age -- Drawing the line: race and Canadian immigration policy -- Jim Crow rides this train: segregation in the Canadian workforce -- Fighting the empire: race, war, and mobilization -- Building an empire, uplifting a race: race, uplift, and transnational alliances -- Bonds of steel: depression, war, and international brotherhood.