num_pages: 272
description: Winner of Best Manuscript Award from the New York State Historical AssociationArtificial River reveals the human dimension of the story of the Erie Canal. Carol Sheriff's extensive, innovative archival research shows the varied responses of ordinary people-farmers, businessmen, government officials, tourists, workers-to this major environmental, social, and cultural transformation in the early life of the Republic.
language: English
title: The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
titlecomplete: The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
genres: Nonfiction, School, American History, College, 19th Century, History
ratings_count: 237
places: Upstate New York, Erie Canal, New York
publisher: Hill and Wang