| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 411 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Enterprising waters: New York's Erie Canal -- Introduction: Art of the Erie Canal -- Part I. Before the canal. Improved waterways ; Early supporters of an inland canal ; The War of 1812 -- Part II. Clinton's ditch. The politics and funding of internal improvements ; Settling the land: acquisition and dispossession ; An engineering marvel ; Conquering the Niagara escarpment ; Celebrating early achievements ; Wedding of the waters ; Early commerce and industry ; The windlass and H.G. Root & Company ; Moving goods: the boats that made it happen ; Canal stores ; The canal and the Hudson in the age of steam ; New ports and boomtowns ; Life on the canal ; Travel and adventure on the Erie Canal ; Winter on the canal ; Immigration corridor ; Canal fever -- Part III. The enlarged canal. The politics of the enlargement ; Construction and engineering of the enlargement ; Commerce and industry: industrialization and agriculture ; Mother of cities ; The rise of railroads ; The age of social reform ; Decline of the canal ; The $9 million act -- Part IV. The Barge Canal. The politics of the Barge Canal ; Building the Barge Canal ; Barge Canallers ; Commerce and industry on the canal in the twentieth century -- Part V. Today's Erie Canal. The canal's legacy: art, advertising, and community pride ; The Erie Canal today -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Enterprising Waters chronicles the story of the Erie Canal from its inception to today. Brings together a wide variety of canal artifacts from museums, libraries, archives, & private collectors. The Erie Canal directed the course of New York and American history. When completed in 1825, the engineering marvel unlocked the Western interior for trade and settlement. Boomtowns sprang up along the canal's path and New York City grew to be the nation's most powerful center of international trade. The book celebrates the story of the Erie Canal from the earliest calls for internal improvements to today. Themes of politics, engineering, commerce, and life on the canal are paired with images of artifacts, documents, and images"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record; online resource viewed March 18, 2021 |
| SUBJECT |
Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- History
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Erie Canal Region (N.Y.) -- History
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Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- In art
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| Subject |
New York (State) -- Erie Canal
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New York (State) -- Erie Canal Region
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| Genre/Form |
Art
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hopkins-Benton, Ashley, author.
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Quinn, Karen E., author.
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Grasso, Thomas X., 1940- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781438478272 |
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1438478275 |
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