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  • Dominion

  • The Railway and the Rise of Canada
  • Auteur(s): Stephen Bown
  • Narrateur(s): Wayne Ward
  • Durée: 12 h et 4 min
  • 4,5 out of 5 stars (15 évaluations)

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Dominion

Auteur(s): Stephen Bown
Narrateur(s): Wayne Ward
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A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nation

In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company. But an idea emerged in political and business circles in Ottawa and Montreal to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometres of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railway in the world and the most difficult to build. Its construction was the defining event of its era and a catalyst for powerful global forces.

The times were marked by greed, hubris, blatant empire building, oppression, corruption and theft. They were good for some, hard for most, disastrous for others. The CPR enabled a new country, but it came at a terrible price.

Stephen R. Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers. His vivid portrayal of the powerful forces that were moulding the world in the late 19th century provides a revelatory new picture of modern Canada's creation as an independent state.

©2023 Stephen Bown (P)2023 Doubleday Canada
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"Dominion is enlivened by vivid portraits of characters like Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, Jerry Potts, Crowfoot and Sir William Van Horne, and it raises the kind of questions that we should all be asking today. At a time when too many writers and readers are turning away from historical non-fiction, Dominion reminds us that Canadian history is nothing to be afraid of. Bown gives us a clear picture of the winners and losers in one particularly consequential episode."—Literary Review of Canada

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Excellent book

I love history but I was totally lacking in historical knowledge of my own country! This book is very informative and a super easy listen. Highly recommend.

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A railway makes and breaks people

Love the historical perspective without the propaganda style of how some books are written about companies . This is a great true perspective of history on the railways line through Canada which destroyed some and created others wealth and happiness. If you’re a history buff and or a working tour guide this would be a great read.

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Well done

A more rounded picture of what happened than other popular Canadian railway history books I’ve read. More history from all parts of society involved.

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Fascinating story, great story-telling, but with significant progressive moralizing

This is a Grade-A history exposition of the mid-19th century world and the clash of cultures. The author brings to life the sense of urgency Canadian politicians had to build a cross-cultural railway and introduced fascinating characters which brought tremendous colour to the story. The tale is not just about the rich and powerful and the authors spends time highlighting the story of individuals working on the railway, and even more-so, the indigenous people who are impacted by the railway. I appreciated the authors desire to share a complete story on a controversial topic. However, the author does show significant biases in favour of one culture over another. The story is filled with blanket statements about how the Canadian politicians were inept and racist, the immigrant settlers cared nothing about the indigenous people, and how missionaries came to the West to “steal” souls. The author does explain how individuals like John, A McDonald are multi-faceted and brings to life their strengths and obvious weaknesses. But the benefit of the doubt was rarely given to a politician, railway financier, settler or missionary. Although not necessarily a fair account, it was still an interesting listen and I’ve recommended it to others.

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A great listen!

I really enjoyed this book. I found it to be an unbiased retelling of Canadian history from many views. I’ve traveled through the roads beside the CP Railway and often wondered how they built it over 100 years ago. This book highlights the numerous struggles to get the railway built and the mistakes and triumphs along the way.

My heart broke for the many retold experiences of people who endured the conditions and prejudices of this time frame.

I will definitely read more from this author! Also I would gladly listen to this book again!

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Writing and presentation compares poorly to The Company.

Great disappointment. Really enjoyed his previous work The Company and the reading of it was also well done. Particularly enjoyed his extremely well researched and balanced examination of the range of critical dynamics that existed and evolved between and among the Indigenous, Métis and Europeans. The Dominion, on the other hand, was a great disappointment , both for its unbalanced hyper ‘woke’ thematic focus and for the really poor quality of the narration. The speaker’s voice has an oddly tremulous quality, the irritating effect of which is exacerbated by his habit of allowing his pitch to frequently drop into inaudibility, forcing the listener to crank up the volume and and then turn it down moments later when the speaker decides to indulge in a loud theatrical surge of intensity when reading a quote from someone’s journal. I had to stop listening after about 30 minutes, which angered me as a big Audible customer and upset me as a big fan of The Company.

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