Suggestions on the Canal Policy of Pennsylvania: in Reference to the Effects of the Inland Navigation of the Adjoining States, on the Commerce of Phil

Publisher Marketing: Title: Suggestions on the canal policy of Pennsylvania: in reference to the effects of the inland navigation of the adjoining states, on the commerce of Philadelphia: also, in relation to a direct canal through the counties of Chester and Lancaster, to the Susquehanna: and others thence to the Ohio: with facts and computations relative to the commerce of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. Author: John L SullivanPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03374700CollectionID: CTRG00-B1337PublicationDate: 18240101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Explanation of the principles of the composite lock, referred to in a report, relatiue [sic] to the proposed Hudson and Delaware Canal from Kingston to near Milford."--P. [38]-41. "Explanation of the perpendicular lift invented by Benjamin Dearborn, of Boston."--P. [42]-46. "Tunnels."--P. 49. Appendix signed by Samuel Hayes. Collation: 49 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill.; 22 cm Contributor Bio:  Sullivan, John L John L. Sullivan is Associate Professor of Media & Communication at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. He earned his B. A. in German and Media Studies from Pomona College and his M. A. and Ph. D. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sullivan s research explores the links between media industries and systems of social and economic power. More specifically, he focuses on audience constructions within media organizations, the implementation of U. S. media policies, and the political economy of cultural production. Recently, Dr. Sullivan has begun a longer-term project to study the political economy of free, open source software (F/OSS) movements.