Erie Water West

Author : Ronald E. Shaw
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813143489
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Erie Water West written by Ronald E. Shaw and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction of the Erie Canal may truly be described as a major event in the growth of the young United States. At a time when the internal links among the states were scanty, the canal's planners boldly projected a system of transportation that would strike from the eastern seaboard, penetrate the frontier, and forge a bond between the East and the growing settlements of the West. In this comprehensive history, Ronald E. Shaw portrays the development of the canal as viewed by its contemporaries, who rightly saw it as an engineering marvel and an achievement of great economic and social significance not only for New York but also for the nation.

Author : Ronald E. Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Erie Water West written by Ronald E. Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carol Sheriff
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780809016051
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Artificial River written by Carol Sheriff and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-06-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Eric Canal is the story of industrial and economic progress between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The Artificial River reveals the human dimension of the story of the Erie Canal. Carol Sheriff's extensive, innovative archival research shows the varied responses of ordinary people-farmers, businessmen, government officials, tourists, workers-to this major environmental, social, and cultural transformation in the early life of the Republic. Winner of Best Manuscript Award from the New York State Historical Association "The Artificial River is deeply researched, its arguments are both subtle and clear, and it is written with grace and an engagingly light touch. The book merits a wide readership." --Paul Johnson, The Journal of American History

Author : George E. Condon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stars in the Water written by George E. Condon and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter L. Bernstein
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393340201
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation written by Peter L. Bernstein and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller The epic account of how one narrow ribbon of water forever changed the course of American history. The history of the Erie Canal is a riveting story of American ingenuity. A great project that Thomas Jefferson judged to be “little short of madness,” and that others compared with going to the moon, soon turned into one of the most successful and influential public investments in American history. In Wedding of the Waters, best-selling author Peter L. Bernstein recounts the canal’s creation within the larger tableau of a youthful America in the first quarter-century of the 1800s. Leaders of the fledgling nation had quickly recognized that the Appalachian mountain range was a formidable obstacle to uniting the Atlantic states with the vast lands of the west. A pathway for commerce as well as travel was critical to the security and expansion of the Revolution’s unprecedented achievement. Gripped by the same fever that had driven explorers such as Hudson and Champlain, a motley assortment of politicians, surveyors, and would-be engineers set out to build a complex structure of a type few of them had ever actually seen, let alone built or operated: a manmade waterway cut through the mountains to traverse the 363 miles between Lake Erie and the Hudson River. By linking the seas to the interior and the interior to the seas, these pioneers ultimately connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. Bernstein examines the social ramifications, political squabbles, and economic risks and returns of this mammoth project. He goes on to demonstrate how the canal’s creation helped bind the western settlers in the new lands to their fellow Americans in the original colonies, knitted the sinews of the American industrial revolution, and even influenced profound economic change in Europe. Featuring a rich cast of characters that includes political visionaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Martin van Buren; the canal’s most powerful champions, Governor DeWitt Clinton and Gouverneur Morris; and a huge platoon of Irish and American diggers, Wedding of the Waters reveals that the twenty-first-century themes of urbanization, economic growth, and globalization can all be traced to the first great macroengineering venture of American history.

Author : Susan Bivin Aller
Publisher : LernerClassroom
ISBN 13 : 0761361243
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Difference Could a Waterway Make? written by Susan Bivin Aller and published by LernerClassroom. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history Erie Canal, telling how it opened the passage to the West and provided new opportunities for trade and expansion.

Author : Ronald E. Shaw
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813145821
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canals For A Nation written by Ronald E. Shaw and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All but forgotten except as a part of nostalgic lore, American canals during the first half of the nineteenth century provided a transportation network that was vital to the development of the new nation. They lowered transportation costs, carried a vast grain trade from western farms to eastern ports, delivered Pennsylvania coal to New York, and carried thousands of passengers at what seemed effortless speed. Along their courses sprang up new towns and cities and with them new economic growth. Canals for a Nation brings together in one volume a survey of all the major American canals. Here are accounts of innovative engineering, of near heroic figures who devoted their lives to canals, and of canal projects that triumphed over all the uncertainties of the political process.

Author : Richard O. Reisem
Publisher : Landmark Soc. of Western New York
ISBN 13 : 0964170663
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Erie Canal Legacy written by Richard O. Reisem and published by Landmark Soc. of Western New York. This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the architecture along the Erie Canal villages.

Author : Russell Bourne
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393030440
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Floating West written by Russell Bourne and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history and technology of the Erie Canal, examines some of the famous and infamous people involved with its construction, describes how other canals were built as a result of its success, and discusses how "Great Western" opened up the west

Author : Indiana. Board of Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal written by Indiana. Board of Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: