The Steamboat Era: A History of Fulton's Folly on American Rivers, 1807-1860

ISBN-13: 9781476683683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 307 str.

S. L. Kotar; J. E. Gessler

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments vi
• Preface 1
• 1. The "Invention of the Devil" 5
• 2. Keelboats and Barges: The "Arks" of the New World 16
• 3. Onward to the "Father of Waters": The Fulton-Livingston Patent 22
• 4. The Meschasipi—Or Is That the "Mississipi"? 29
• 5. "St. Looy" and the Upper Mississippi 41
• 6. A World Unto Their Own: The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers 58
• 7. Navigating the Inland Western Waterways 72
• 8. The Trades and the Trade-Offs 77
• 9. Economic Conditions During the Steamboat Era 88
• 10. Making Money on the Rivers 100
• 11. Man Overboard! Steamboat Disasters on Western Waterways 116
• 12. The Steamboat Race Is On! 137
• 13. The Development of Steamboat Crews 145
• 14. Deckhands: A Distinctive Class of Casual Workers 167
• 15. Steamboat Gothic: The Florid and the Ornate 177
• 16. "My satisfaction was complete": First-Class Passengers 186
• 17. Steamboat Diversions 197
• 18. "Just the bar' necessities, ma'am" 206
• 19. The Nameless Masses: Deck Passengers 217
• 20. An International Incident 223
• 21. Potions, Purging and Practitioners 230
• 22. (In)Famous Steamboat Cities 245
• 23. The Roaring '50s: The Railroads Come Calling 259
• Appendix A: Glossary 265
• Appendix B: Original Accounts of Steamboat Disasters 277
• Chapter Notes 289
• Bibliography 293
• Index 297