Steamboats and the Cotton Economy: River Trade in by Harry P. Owens PAPERBACK

Steamboats and the Cotton Economy: River Trade in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta\nby Harry P. Owens\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Harry P. Owens\nTitle: Steamboats and the Cotton Economy: River Trade in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Ships and boats: general interest\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi\nPublication year: 2003\nISBN-13: 9781578066223\nISBN-10: 1578066220\nRRP: \u00A324.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis 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 the early years of the republic performed essentially the same role that railroads would later perform in revolutionizing the i.