Canals for a Nation: The Canal Era in the United States, 1790-1860# For upper management: Serves to encourage the organisation of continual improvement as a company-wide activity covering all employees irrespective of one`s rank or functional area. # For operational management: Provides key inputs to understand as well as practice, both as a performer and promoter of continual improvement. # For each employee: Presents tools and techniques to hone one`s skills to think and relate better, to achieve winning results. |
Contents
Pioneer Canals and Republican Improvements | 1 |
Great Lakes to Atlantic Canals of New York and New England | 30 |
MidAtlantic Network Pennsylvania and New Jersey | 58 |
Chesapeake and Southern Canals | 98 |
Canals of the Old Northwest | 126 |
The Canal Network | 160 |
The Canal Era in Politics and Economic Development | 198 |
Notes | 237 |
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Canals For A Nation: The Canal Era in the United States, 1790-1860 Ronald E. Shaw Limited preview - 2014 |
Canals For A Nation: The Canal Era in the United States, 1790-1860 Ronald E. Shaw Limited preview - 2014 |
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