The artificial river : the Erie Canal and the paradox of progress, 1817-1862
This book reveals the human dimension of the story of the Erie Canal. The author's extensive, innovative archival research shows the varied responses of ordinary people - farmers, businessmen, government officials, tourists, workers - to this major environmental, social, and cultural transformation in the early life of the Republic
Print Book, English, 1997, ©1996
Hill and Wang, [New York], 1997, ©1996