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Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation

by: Bernstein, Peter L

Publication date: 2005

Topics: Economic history, Nationalbewusstsein, Wirtschaftliche Lage, Nationalbewusstsein

Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton

Collection: internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; americana; printdisabled

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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