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Author:

McGreevy, Patrick.

Title:

Stairway to empire : Lockport, the Erie Canal, and the shaping of America / Patrick McGreevy.

Publisher:

SUNY Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiv, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lockport (N.Y.)--History.
Lockport (N.Y.)--Geography.
Lockport (N.Y.)--Environmental conditions.
Erie Canal (N.Y.)--History.
Niagara Escarpment--Environmental conditions.
Landscape changes--Lockport--Lockport--History.
Nature--History.--Lockport--Lockport--History.
Canals--Environmental aspects--United States--Case studies.
Landscape changes--United States--Case studies.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States--Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-290) and index.

ISBN:

1438425279 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781438425276 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)231680254

LCCN:

2008024766

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)