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Historic Highways Of America (Volume 14); The Great American Canals (Volume Ii) The Erie Canal

Historic Highways Of America (Volume 14); The Great American Canals (Volume Ii) The Erie Canal

Butler Hulbert, Archer

Paperback

General ReferenceTechnology & Engineering20th Century United States History

ISBN10: 9354449352
ISBN13: 9789354449352
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 5 2021
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A single waterway reshaped America. The Erie Canal turned a young republic inward, binding Atlantic seaports to the Great Lakes and unlocking a continental interior. In this deeply researched and elegantly written volume of the Historic Highways of America series, Archer Butler Hulbert traces Erie Canal development within the broader sweep of American transportation history, from bold political vision to working waterway. A classic scholarly history book, it explores canal engineering history, the organisation and labour that cut a channel across New York State, and the wider system of American inland waterways taking shape in early 19th century America. Hulbert follows the canal's growth into the commercial spine of New York state canals, examining how cheap, reliable freight transformed towns, markets and migration patterns. The economic impact of canals emerges clearly: grain, timber and manufactures flowing east; people, ideas and capital surging west. Both reference for historians and a vivid resource for history students, this study suits readers of narrative non-fiction as much as specialists building a transportation history collection. First published in the early twentieth century, Volume 14, The Great American Canals (Volume II): The Erie Canal, remains a landmark account of how infrastructure reshaped a nation. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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