Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation Contributor(s): Bernstein, Peter L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393327957 ISBN-13: 9780393327953 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: The building of the Erie Canal is one of the greatest and most riveting stories of American ingenuity. Now a bestselling author presents the story of the canal's construction against the larger tableau of America in the first quarter-century of the 1800s. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Technology & Engineering | History |
Dewey: 386.480 |
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.56" W x 8.28" (0.89 lbs) 464 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Geographic Orientation - New York - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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Publisher Description: The building of the Erie Canal, like the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal, is one of the greatest and most riveting stories of American ingenuity. Best-selling author Peter Bernstein presents the story of the canal's construction against the larger tableau of America in the first quarter-century of the 1800s. Examining the social, political, and economic ramifications of this mammoth project, Bernstein demonstrates how the canal's creation helped prevent the dismemberment of the American empire and knit the sinews of the American industrial revolution. Featuring a rich cast of characters, including not only political visionaries like Washington, Jefferson, van Buren, and the architect's most powerful champion, Governor DeWitt Clinton, but also a huge platoon of Irish diggers as well as the canal's first travelers, Wedding of the Waters reveals that the twenty-first-century themes of urbanization, economic growth, and globalization can all be traced to the first great macroengineering venture of American history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bernstein, Peter L.: - Peter L. Bernstein (1919--2009), the financial historian, wrote nine books, including the worldwide bestseller Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. |