The artificial river : the Erie Canal and the paradox of progress, 1817-1862 / Carol Sheriff.
The artificial river : the Erie Canal and the paradox of progress, 1817-1862 / Carol Sheriff.
The artificial river : the Erie Canal and the paradox of progress, 1817-1862 / Carol Sheriff.
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Publisher
[New York] : Hill and Wang, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N974.7/17
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English
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xvii, 251 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
[New York] : Hill and Wang, 1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1996.
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With innovative archival research, Sheriff documents the social and cultural responses of men, women, and children - farmers, businessmen, government officials, tourists, workers - to the Erie Canal and the progress it represented. For them, progress meant taking an active role in realizing a divinely sanctioned movement toward the perfectability o...
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The artificial river : the Erie Canal and the paradox of progress, 1817-1862 / Carol Sheriff.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-241) and index.
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N974.7/17
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74VM5bQwyp7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5bQwyp7O
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0809016052 (pbk.)
9780809027538
0809027534
9780809016051
0809016052
9780809016051 (pbk.)
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974.7
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991003772079702626
