TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gudmestad,Robert H.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Steamboats and the rise of the cotton kingdom
SN  - 9780807138397 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HE631.S6 G84 2011eb
U1  - 386/.244 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Baton Rouge
PB  - Louisiana State University Press
KW  - Inland water transportation
KW  - Southern States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Steamboats
KW  - River steamers
KW  - Cotton trade
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Relocation
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the New Orleans -- Southern steamboat entrepreneurs -- Working on old man river -- Floating palaces and high-pressure prisons -- Indian removal -- Speed and safety -- The nature of improvements -- The rise of the cotton kingdom -- Steamboats in decline -- Epilogue : Mark Twain's odyssey -- Appendix A. Estimates of steamboat construction, tonnage, and longevity on southern rivers, 1811-1860 -- Appendix B. Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees removed by steamboat, 1830-1843 -- Appendix C. Estimates of accident rate, 1811 1851, and fatality rate from boiler explosions, 1816 1848, for western steamboats -- Appendix D. Estimates of wood consumption by southern steamboats, 1811-1860 -- Appendix E. Estimated costs associated with southern steamboats, 1811-1860 -- Appendix F. Estimated ton-miles, passenger miles, and tonnage hauled for southern -- Steamboats and southern railroads in selected years; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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