The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862 (1997)

Format: Trade Paperback

ISBN: 9780809016051

Condition: Acceptable

The spine is not straight, and there is highlighting throughout the text.

Contents Description:

The story of the Erie Canal is the story of industrial and economic progress between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Carol Sheriff uses innovative archival research to document the varied repsonses of ordinary people to this major environmental, social, and cultural transformation in the early life of our Republic. - from the back cover