[PDF.00sf] The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862

The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862

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 | #168390 in Books |  Hill and Wang |  1997-06-12 |  1997-06-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.61 x5.50l,.60 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The author is an excellent story teller and has the enviable and somewhat rare ...|By lorenz m. worden|While using the Erie Canal as its focus, the “Artificial River” examines the entire impact of the canal in the context of the social and economic milieu of the period. The text is supported and augmented by ample footnotes. The author is an excellent story teller|.com |The United States was a new republic in 1817. The generation of its original revolutionaries was fast dying; a second war with Great Britain had recently been settled; and expansionism was the mood of the day. The "children of the founders," as Carol Sher

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.<...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862   |  Carol Sheriff. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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