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Author:

Gudmestad, Robert H., 1964-

Title:

Steamboats and the rise of the cotton kingdom / Robert Gudmestad.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Inland water transportation--Southern States--History--19th century.
Steamboats--Southern States--History--19th century.
River steamers--Southern States--History--19th century.
Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century.
Southern States--History--History--19th century.
Indians of North America--History--Southern States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0807138398 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807138397 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)703623717

LCCN:

2011006962

Locations:

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