Steamboats and the cotton economy : river trade in the Yazoo-Mississippi delta

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Steamboats and the cotton economy : river trade in the Yazoo-Mississippi delta

責任表示	Harry P. Owens
データ種別	図書
出版情報	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi , c1990
本文言語	英語
大きさ	xiii, 255 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm
概要	This first book to make a detailed exploration of the system of riverboat traffic of the Delta region, "Steamboats and the Cotton Economy" is also the first balanced study showing how steamboats in t...e early years of the republic performed essentially the same role that railroads would later perform in revolutionizing the interior of the nation. Today, the mention of steamboats conjures up romantic visions of cotton landings and mythological river traders. Some of the steamboats plying the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta waterways give form to the myth. Others call forth the true work-a-day world of steamers loaded with passengers, freight, and sacks of cotton seed. Such ubiquitous trade boats, cotton, gin boats, sawmills boats, as well as ice and mail boats, not only helped to build the Cotton Kingdom but also added rich texture and color to the history of the Delta. In discovering the role of steamboats in the everyday life of the Mississippi Delta, this book reveals the vital economic 続きを見る

状態	巻次	所蔵場所	請求記号	刷年	文庫名称	資料番号	コメント	予約・取寄	複写申込	自動書庫
		中央図自動書庫	684/O 93/1	1990		068172193038507		予約・取寄		出庫可能	予約・取寄		出庫可能

一般注記	Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index
著者標目	*Owens, Harry P.
件　名	LCSH:Steamboats -- Mississippi -- Yazoo River -- Delta -- History 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Inland water transportation -- Mississippi -- Yazoo River -- Delta -- History 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Cotton trade -- Mississippi -- Yazoo River -- Delta -- History 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Yazoo River Region (Miss.) -- Commerce -- History 全ての件名で検索
分　類	LCC:HE566.P3 DC20:386/.22436
書誌ID	1000109705
ISBN	0878054367
NCID	BA12182678
巻冊次	ISBN:0878054367
登録日	2009.09.10
更新日	2009.09.10