Overcoming Niagara : canals, commerce, and tourism in the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region, 1792-1837 / Janet Dorothy Larkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larkin, Janet Dorothy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canals--New York (State)--Niagara Frontier--History--18th century.

Canals.

Canals--New York (State)--Niagara Frontier--History--19th century.

Borderlands.

History.

Tourism.

Niagara Frontier (N.Y.)--Commerce--History.

Niagara Frontier (N.Y.).

Niagara Frontier (N.Y.)--Description and travel.

Tourism--New York (State)--Niagara Frontier--History.

Erie Canal (N.Y.)--History.

Erie Canal (N.Y.).

Welland Canal (Ont.)--History.

Welland Canal (Ont.).

Oswego Canal (N.Y.)--History.

Oswego Canal (N.Y.).

Borderlands--Niagara Falls Region (N.Y. and Ont.)--History.

Borderlands--Great Lakes Region (North America)--History.

Commerce.

Travel.

Great Lakes Region.

New York (State)--Erie Canal.

New York (State)--Niagara Frontier.

New York (State)--Oswego Canal.

North America--Niagara Falls Region.

Ontario--Welland Canal.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]

Contents:

The "Greatest display in nature" : the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region before the War of 1812

"As irresistible as the 'cataract of Niagara'" : the Erie Canal and the promises of the North American canal age

"A salutary and desirable competition" : New York State influence in the building of the first Welland Canal

The Oswego Canal : "One of the great travelling and commercial thoroughfares"

"The great wonder of the canal."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Larkin, Janet Dorothy. Overcoming Niagara.

ISBN:

9781438468235

1438468237

OCLC:

975270313