Stairway to empire
Subtitle: Lockport, the Erie Canal, and the shaping of America
By: Patrick McGreevy.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781438425276
Subjects: Landscape changes -- New York (State) -- Lockport -- History; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- New York (State) -- Lockport -- History; Canals -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Landscape changes -- United States -- Case studies; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States -- Case studies; Lockport (N.Y.) -- History; Lockport (N.Y.) -- Geography; Lockport (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions; Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- History; Niagara Escarpment -- Environmental conditions
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Taking advantage of a rich trove of construction records, travelers' writings, and visual material, Stairway to Empire examines the triumphs and tensions of this iconic American accomplishment and its place in the larger narrative of American modernity and progress."--Inside jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.