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"The standard work on the short-lived American canal era.-- Choice" -- Choice
"His discussion of canal promoters is fascinating. With its excellent maps and engaging writing style, this is an enjoyable and informative read.-- American Historical Review" -- American Historical Review
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Like so much in American history, the first canals were derivative from those of Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pioneer canals, navigable feeder, overland canal, anthracite canals, private canal companies, canal technology, canal era, canal fund, great national project, canal program, canal law, portage railroad, slackwater navigation, canal commissioners, canal laborers, national waterway, canal terminus, canal movement, canal commerce, southern canals, canal travel, branch canal, canal trade, foreign bondholders, lateral canals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Ohio River, Lake Erie, New Jersey, Morris Canal, James River, United States, Union Canal, Middlesex Canal, New England, Fort Wayne, Miami Canal, Benjamin Wright, Pennsylvania Mainline Canal, Whitewater Canal, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, Dismal Swamp Canal, Old Northwest, New Haven, North Carolina, Great Lakes, Canvass White, Loammi Baldwin, South Carolina New!
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Like so much in American history, the first canals were derivative from those of Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pioneer canals, navigable feeder, overland canal, anthracite canals, private canal companies, canal technology, canal era, canal fund, great national project, canal program, canal law, portage railroad, slackwater navigation, canal commissioners, canal laborers, national waterway, canal terminus, canal movement, canal commerce, southern canals, canal travel, branch canal, canal trade, foreign bondholders, lateral canals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Ohio River, Lake Erie, New Jersey, Morris Canal, James River, United States, Union Canal, Middlesex Canal, New England, Fort Wayne, Miami Canal, Benjamin Wright, Pennsylvania Mainline Canal, Whitewater Canal, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, Dismal Swamp Canal, Old Northwest, New Haven, North Carolina, Great Lakes, Canvass White, Loammi Baldwin, South Carolina New!
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- Old Towpaths by Alvin F. Harlow on 7 pages
- Indiana Canals by Paul Fatout on 6 pages
- Canals and American Economic Development by Carter Goodrich on 6 pages
- Opening of American Society by Robert H. Wiebe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Illinois and Michigan Canal by Putnam in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- A Companion to 19th-Century America (Blackwell Companions to American History) by William Barney on page 316, and Back Matter
- Common Labour: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals 1780-1860 by Peter Way in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History by John Mack Faragher on page 133, and page 945
- The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862 by Carol Sheriff in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Common Labor: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals, 1780-1860 by Peter Way in Front Matter, and page 8
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