Steamboats and the rise of the cotton kingdom
By: Robert Gudmestad
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780807138397; 9780807138403; 9780807138410; 9780807138427
Subjects: Commerce; Indians of North America; River steamers; Cotton trade; Relocation; Steamboats; Inland water transportation; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the New Orleans; title: Southern steamboat entrepreneurs; title: Working on old man river; title: Floating palaces and high-pressure prisons; title: Indian removal; title: Speed and safety; title: The nature of improvements; title: The rise of the cotton kingdom; title: Steamboats in decline; title: Epilogue : Mark Twain's odyssey; title: Appendix A. Estimates of steamboat construction, tonnage, and longevity on southern rivers, 1811-1860; title: Appendix B. Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees removed by steamboat, 1830-1843; title: Appendix C. Estimates of accident rate, 1811 1851, and fatality rate from boiler explosions, 1816 1848, for western steamboats; title: Appendix D. Estimates of wood consumption by southern steamboats, 1811-1860; title: Appendix E. Estimated costs associated with southern steamboats, 1811-1860; title: Appendix F. Estimated ton-miles, passenger miles, and tonnage hauled for southern; title: Steamboats and southern railroads in selected years.