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Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / Peter L. Bernstein.

By: Bernstein, Peter L.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: 448 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0393052338 (hardcover).Subject(s): Social Science | Erie Canal (N.Y.) | United States -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 386.480 LOC classification: HE396.E6 | B47 2005Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Smooth sailing -- Hudson's wrong turn -- Washington's pivot -- Canal maniacs -- "A canal to the moon" -- The sublime spectacle -- The extravagant proposal -- The expedition -- War and peace -- The shower of gold -- Digging the ditch -- Boom, bust, bonds -- Rude invective -- Unwearied zeal -- A noble work -- The pageant of power -- The wedding of the waters -- No charge for births -- The prodigious artery -- The granary of the world.
Summary: "The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-423) and index.

Smooth sailing -- Hudson's wrong turn -- Washington's pivot -- Canal maniacs -- "A canal to the moon" -- The sublime spectacle -- The extravagant proposal -- The expedition -- War and peace -- The shower of gold -- Digging the ditch -- Boom, bust, bonds -- Rude invective -- Unwearied zeal -- A noble work -- The pageant of power -- The wedding of the waters -- No charge for births -- The prodigious artery -- The granary of the world.

"The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history"--Provided by publisher.

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