Steamboats and the rise of the cotton kingdom:
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1. Verfasser: Gudmestad, Robert H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press c2011
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-270) and index
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 280 p.)
ISBN:0807138398
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