Overcoming Niagara : canals, commerce, and tourism in the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region, 1792-1837 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Larkin, Janet Dorothy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Temas:
1700-1899
Canals > New York (State) > Niagara Frontier > History > 18th century.
Canals > New York (State) > Niagara Frontier > History > 19th century.
Tourism > New York (State) > Niagara Frontier > History.
Borderlands > Niagara Falls Region (N.Y. and Ont.) > History.
Borderlands > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Régions frontalières > Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > General.
Borderlands.
Canals.
Commerce.
Tourism.
Travel.
Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) > Commerce > History.
Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) > Description and travel.
Erie Canal (N.Y.) > History.
Welland Canal (Ont.) > History.
Oswego Canal (N.Y.) > History.
Niagara, Région du (N.Y. et Ont.) > Commerce > Histoire.
Niagara, Région du (N.Y. et Ont.) > Descriptions et voyages.
Erie Canal (N.Y.) > Histoire.
Canal Welland (Ont.) > Histoire.
Great Lakes Region.
New York (State) > Erie Canal.
New York (State) > Niagara Frontier.
New York (State) > Oswego Canal.
North America > Niagara Falls Region.
Ontario > Welland Canal.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The "Greatest display in nature" : the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region before the War of 1812
  • "As irresistible as the 'cataract of Niagara'" : the Erie Canal and the promises of the North American canal age
  • "A salutary and desirable competition" : New York State influence in the building of the first Welland Canal
  • The Oswego Canal : "One of the great travelling and commercial thoroughfares"
  • "The great wonder of the canal".

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