Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393327957 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Good Account of this Important Project" according to R. E Westgard. The Erie Canal was one of the most important and substantial engineering feats of the 19th Century. Bernstein provides extensive coverage of the personal and political events which lead up to the eight year dig. At page 199 he begins a well organized outline of the Good Account of this Important Project The Erie Canal was one of the most important and substantial engineering feats of the 19th Century. Bernstein provides extensive coverage of the personal and political events which lead up to the eight year dig. At page 199 he begins a well organized outline of the 300 mile excavation and the 100 plus locks required to deal with the elevation issues. The book had few maps and drawings, and the reader needs a separate atlas to grasp w. 00 mile excavation and the 100 plus locks required to deal with the elevation issues. The book had few maps and drawings, and the reader needs a separate atlas to grasp w. "Interesting." according to Michael E. Fitzgerald. Great public works projects have always defined our Nation; no public work had more important ramifications on early America than the Erie Canal. 100% financed by the citizens of the State of New York, this amazing project:Is credited with preventing the early republic from splitting into 2 different countries,Is directly responsibly for the emergence of New York City as America's most important metropolitan center,Transported the US. D. Y. said Three Stars. Too much on financing the canal and too little on the canal itself.
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. 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. 20 illustrations. "One corner of the great American panorama enlarged to highlight starry-eyed visionaries, political machinations, indefatigable ingenuit
--Shawn Carkonen. In telling this gripping tale, the author offers a brief history of canals through the ages, explains the foresight exhibited by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson regarding the need for a waterway to the west, and outlines the political wars, financing challenges, and seemingly endless delays and false starts to the project. In this thoroughly absorbing book, Peter Bernstein describes in vivid detail how the Erie Canal helped to shape the United States into a great nation by connecting the eastern seaboard and western expanses of America, as well as propel the Industrial Revolution and stimul