The steamboat era: a history of Fulton's Folly on American rivers, 1807 - 1860
"First-hand accounts of steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reveal the culture and economy of the early to mid-1800s, as well as the daily routines of crew and passengers. A glossary of steamboat terms and a collection of contemporary accoun...
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Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.]
McFarland & Co.
2009
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| Zusammenfassung: | "First-hand accounts of steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reveal the culture and economy of the early to mid-1800s, as well as the daily routines of crew and passengers. A glossary of steamboat terms and a collection of contemporary accounts of accidents round out this history of the riverboat era"--Provided by publisher. |
| Beschreibung: | "First-hand accounts of steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reveal the culture and economy of the early to mid-1800s, as well as the daily routines of crew and passengers. A glossary of steamboat terms and a collection of contemporary accounts of accidents round out this history of the riverboat era"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 299 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780786443871 |
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| adam_text | TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VI PREFACE 1 1. THE INVENTION OF THE
DEVIL 5 2. KEELBOATS AND BARGES: THE ARKS OF THE NEW WORLD 16 3.
ONWARD TO THE FATHER OF WATERS : THE FULTON-LIVINGSTON PATENT 22 4. THE
MESCHASIPI * OR IS THAT THE MISSISSIPI ? 29 5. ST. LOOY AND THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI 41 6. A WORLD UNTO THEIR OWN: THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO
RIVERS 58 7. NAVIGATING THE INLAND WESTERN WATERWAYS 72 8. THE TRADES
AND THE TRADE-OFFS 77 9. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DURING THE STEAMBOAT ERA 88
10. MAKING MONEY ON THE RIVERS 100 11. MAN OVERBOARD! STEAMBOAT
DISASTERS ON WESTERN WATERWAYS 116 12. THE STEAMBOAT RACE IS ON! 137 13.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF STEAMBOAT CREWS 145 14. DECKHANDS: A DISTINCTIVE
CLASS OF CASUAL WORKERS 167 15. STEAMBOAT GOTHIC: THE FLORID AND THE
ORNATE 177 16. MY SATISFACTION WAS COMPLETE : FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS
186 17. STEAMBOAT DIVERSIONS 197 18. JUST THE BAR NECESSITIES, MA AM
206 19. THE NAMELESS MASSES: DECK PASSENGERS 217 VIII TABLE OF CONTENTS
20. AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT 223 21. POTIONS, PURGING AND PRACTITIONERS
230 22. (IN)FAMOUS STEAMBOAT CITIES 245 23. THE ROARING 50S: THE
RAILROADS COME CALLING 259 APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY 265 APPENDIX B: ORIGINAL
ACCOUNTS OF STEAMBOAT DISASTERS 277 CHAPTER NOTES 289 BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
INDEX 297
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