The Steamboat Era
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8368-3 (ISBN)
The steamboat evokes images of leisurely travel, genteel gambling, and lively commerce, but behind the romanticized view is an engineering marvel that led the way for the steam locomotive. From the steamboat's development by Robert Fulton to the dawn of the Civil War, the new mode of transportation opened up America's frontiers and created new trade routes and economic centers.
Firsthand accounts of steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reveal the culture and economy of the early to mid-1800s, as well as the daily routines of crew and passengers. A glossary of steamboat terms and a collection of contemporary accounts of accidents round out this history of the riverboat era.
S.L. Kotar of St. Louis has been writing (together with J.E. Gessler) for more than four decades, beginning with scripts for television’s Gunsmoke. The late J.E. Gessler lived in St. Louis.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The “Invention of the Devil”
2. Keelboats and Barges: The “Arks” of the New World
3. Onward to the “Father of Waters”: The Fulton-Livingston Patent
4. The Meschasipi—Or Is That the “Mississipi”?
5. “St. Looy” and the Upper Mississippi
6. A World Unto Their Own: The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
7. Navigating the Inland Western Waterways
8. The Trades and the Trade-Offs
9. Economic Conditions During the Steamboat Era
10. Making Money on the Rivers
11. Man Overboard! Steamboat Disasters on Western Waterways
12. The Steamboat Race Is On!
13. The Development of Steamboat Crews
14. Deckhands: A Distinctive Class of Casual Workers
15. Steamboat Gothic: The Florid and the Ornate
16. “My satisfaction was complete”: First-Class Passengers
17. Steamboat Diversions
18. “Just the bar’ necessities, ma’am”
19. The Nameless Masses: Deck Passengers
20. An International Incident
21. Potions, Purging and Practitioners
22. (In)Famous Steamboat Cities
23. The Roaring ’50s: The Railroads Come Calling
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Original Accounts of Steamboat Disasters
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.05.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 26 photos, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 558 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8368-9 / 1476683689 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8368-3 / 9781476683683 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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