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From before the turn of the century, the great powers held large commercial, industrial and technological exhibitions to show off the fruits of progress and to give their citizens a glimpse of where civilization was headed. World fairs thus provided one window into the future. But it must be remembered that such events also constructed monuments to their own era—an age when jingoism and a paradoxical recognition of the shrinking nature of the globe coexisted before the road to war. In the final analysis, the grand exposition, with its curiosity about other peoples and nations and its faith nonetheless that mechanical invention would soon make everyone much the same, was a place where imperialists met in thinly disguised competition. How strange it must seem, then, to learn that the last Chinese dynasty, having just discovered the power of nationalism, attempted an international exposition of its own in the summer of 1910 at the same time that the 'Festival of Empire Exhibition' was booked into London's famed Crystal Palace.

Around the turn of the century, railroads seemed to have a special attraction for the overseas Chinese. In that era, the iron horse was, indeed, the very symbol of the industrial age brought to Asia. Chinese modernizers had long advocated the construction of railroads as a crucial step toward self-strengthening. Many coolies had worked on the great American, Canadian and South African railways and shorter lines had been built in colonial Southeast Asia. Peasants in South China may still have feared the disruptive introduction of Western technology, but more worldly Chinese at home and abroad understood the significance of railroads not only as an improved means of transportation but as a symbol of Wealth and power.

The "culture" debate in economics and economic history has been long-lasting. This volume incorporates contributions of scholars from economics, management studies and international relations, as well as economic and social historians' attempts to evaluate the role and impact of cultural factors on economic growth

This paper examines how post-secondary students understand health, and whether opinions about health are correlated with area of study. We present results from an online survey administered in 2011 to 287 students at one post-secondary institution in Western Canada. Overall, the survey students are more likely to adopt an individualistic, rather than a social, view of health determinants. Several demographic variables, including sex and political affiliation are associated with adopting a more individualistic view of health. However, students in the Health Sciences are significantly more likely to support the social determinants of health perspective. These results suggest that medical and health science educators at this post-secondary institution may be heeding the century-old call to address social structural causes of health inequalities in their curricula. Cet article examine les perspectives d'étudiants postsecondaires sur la santé et la mesure dans laquelle celles-ci correspondent à leur domaine d'études. Nous présentons les résultats d'une enquête enligne administrée en 2011 à 287 étudiants d'une institution postsecondaire dans l'Ouest canadien. Globalement, les étudiants ayant participé à l'enquête sont plus portés à adopter une vision individualiste, plutôt que sociale, des déterminants de la santé. Il existe un lien entre plusieurs autres variables démographiques, y compris le sexe et l'affiliation politique, et l'adoption d'une perspective plus individualiste de la santé. Toutefois, les étudiants en sciences de la santé sont beaucoup plus enclins à appuyer une vision de la santé qui tient compte des déterminants sociaux de la santé. Ces résultats portent à croire que les professeurs des sciences médicales et de la santé à cette institution postsecondaire répondent à l'appel centenaire de traiter des causes sociales et structurelles des inégalités en matière de santé dans leurs cours.

Attacks by dogs on dog guides are traumatic for dog guide teams. One variable that affects a team's recovery is how handlers cope with emotional responses to the attack. This article presents a three-stage model for assisting handlers that is useful for handlers and dog guide instructors.

Nous examinons la relation entre le statut socio‐économique (SES), les caractéristiques socio‐économiques (SES), le style de vie (consommation de fruits et légumes, exercice physique, usage du tabac, et consommation d'alcool) et l'indice de masse corporelle (IMC) sur la base des données de l'Enquête sur la santé dans les collectivités canadiennes 2.1. Nous explorons deux différentes mesures socio‐économiques, éducation et revenu, afin d'élucider les explications matérielles et culturelles de la relation SES‐IMC. Les résultats varient de manière significative entre les genres, dégageant la complexité de la relation entre SES, les facteurs socio‐démographiques et de style de vie, et l'IMC. Nous suggérons que la masse corporelle demeure un symbole de statut qui diffère entre les genres, et que les facteurs culturaux et psycho‐sociaux sont peut‐être plus importants que les facteurs matériaux en perpétuant cette inégalité dans le domaine de la santé.