Wedding of the Waters 2005

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A history of the Erie Canal's construction and subsequent influence on American geography profiles the nation in the first quarter-century of the 1800s, demonstrating how the canal's creation impacted the industrial revolution and citing the contributions of such figures as Washington, Jefferson, and van Buren. 70,000 first printing.

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Books by Peter L. Bernstein:

• Against the Gods (1998)
• Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation (2006)
• Wedding of the Waters (2005)
• The Power of Gold (2012)