Bernstein, Peter L

A history of the Erie Canal's construction and subsequent influence on American geography profiles the nation in the first quarter-century of the 1800s, demonstrating how the canal's creation impacted the industrial revolution and citing the contributions of such figures as Washington, Jefferson, and van Buren. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Explores how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history, tracing the canal's history from its creation in the early 1800s to its role in American commerce today.

Chronicles society's fascination with gold from ancient times through the twenty-first century.

Defines the mastery of risk as the boundary that delineates modern times from the past, telling the story of a group of thinkers whose vision brought humanity to an understanding of how to use numbers to scrutinize what happened in the past as a means of predicting the future.