| Description |
xii, 449 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: Lexington, Ky. : University of Kentucky Press, c1966. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography (p. [419]-432) and index. |
| Contents |
The prophecy: Up the Mohawk to the west ; Jesse Hawley's "Genesee Canal" ; Survey and report ; From prophecy into law -- The grand canal: Forty feet wide and four feet deep ; The politics of construction ; The Canal comes west ; Black Rock or Buffalo ; The politics of removal ; The wedding of the waters -- On Erie water: Packets, freighters, and canallers ; Pure and wholesome water ; The state runs a canal ; The trade of the "teeming west" ; "Commerce is king" -- Politics and nationalism: The "forty million debt," 1835-1841 ; The Democratic stop policy, 1842-1846 ; The Canal goes on, 1847-1854 ; A canal for the nation. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2004. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
| Subject |
Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- History.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0813108012 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb00577 hdl |
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