Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom /

In Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom Robert Gudmestad offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the antebellum South. He examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the Southern economy. From carrying cash crops to market,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gudmestad, Robert H., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Steamboats.
River steamers.
Inland water transportation.
Indians of North America > Relocation.
Cotton trade.
Commerce.
TRANSPORTATION > General.
Bateaux à vapeur fluviaux > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Bateaux à vapeur > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Transports de navigation interieure > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Indians of North America > Relocation > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Cotton trade > Southern States > History > 19th century.
River steamers > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Steamboats > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Inland water transportation > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Southern States > Commerce > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the New Orleans
  • Southern steamboat entrepreneurs
  • Working on old man river
  • Floating palaces and high-pressure prisons
  • Indian removal
  • Speed and safety
  • The nature of improvements
  • The rise of the cotton kingdom
  • Steamboats in decline
  • Epilogue : Mark Twain's odyssey
  • Appendix A. Estimates of steamboat construction, tonnage, and longevity on southern rivers, 1811-1860
  • Appendix B. Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees removed by steamboat, 1830-1843
  • Appendix C. Estimates of accident rate, 1811 1851, and fatality rate from boiler explosions, 1816 1848, for western steamboats
  • Appendix D. Estimates of wood consumption by southern steamboats, 1811-1860
  • Appendix E. Estimated costs associated with southern steamboats, 1811-1860
  • Appendix F. Estimated ton-miles, passenger miles, and tonnage hauled for southern
  • Steamboats and southern railroads in selected years.

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