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• W4375846063 abstract "TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 153 David Holly’s book concludes with seven appendixes, including specifications of each vessel in the Weems fleet, a representative sample of scheduling and board meeting minutes, construction agreements and costs, a Weems family history, and a comprehensive listing of river landings visited by Weems boats. Notes and a bibliog­ raphy round out the volume. It is, as the subtitle claims, truly “a saga of the Chesapeake,” although what is an otherwise splendid history suffers from a slight indulgence in nostalgia. (Almost as if in antici­ pation of such criticism, the author points out that “the steamboat era was inescapably romantic” [p. xvii].) It is interesting that Holly concludes that one of the contributing factors that led to the sale of the company in 1905 was the automobile. Company president Henry Williams had seen several autos on the streets of Baltimore, and a few had been carried as freight on Weems boats. From this and the increasing number of improved roads he “knew instinctively what the statistics portended” (p. 157). Perhaps so, but this conclusion sounds very much like late-20th-century hind­ sight. It does not equate with the author’s observation that “the period from 1905 to the 1920s marked the golden age of steamboating on the Chesapeake” (p. 182). This is a nicely done and carefully prepared book, a fine companion to Holly’s earlier Steamboat on the Chesapeake (Centreville, Md., 1987), the story of the Emma Giles and the Tolchester line. William Worthington Mr. Worthington is with the Division of Engineering and Industry at the National Museum of American History. Always a River: The Ohio River and the American Experience. Edited by Robert L. Reid. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. Pp. xvi+ 250; illustrations, notes. $35.00 (cloth); $12.95 (paper). The title of this volume implies continuity and may seem somewhat at odds with the editor’s central theme of regional change. Despite the apparent conflict, this is an unusually cohesive set of essays. Always a River was the name selected for the multistate humanities project that gave birth to the collection of seven essays and denotes the literary symbolism of rivers and the territorial unity fostered by the waterway. The theme of change, however, is true to the historic dynamism of both rivers and regions. Set within this contrasting framework, contributors from diverse backgrounds provide complementary per­ spectives on the role of human societies in settling and modifying the Ohio River valley. This book works because each author retains a sharp focus on the Ohio valley. Chapters deal with the role of rivers in human society, travelers’ perspectives on the valley, cultural landscapes, transporta­ 154 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE tion history, economic development, engineering works, and environ­ mental challenges. The Ohio River, as we are told repeatedly, was the principal axis for migration into the western territories, and its development followed improvements in transportation technology. Although similar dramas unfolded in other settings, the Ohio River experience perhaps exemplifies this progression more emphatically than other comparable valleys. The process of technological change is implicit rather than explicit in several chapters. Scott Sanders’s opening essay notes society’s abiding desire “for contact with untrammeled nature and at the same time longing for control” (p. 4). The human urge to dominate the Ohio valley is illustrated by travelers’ observations recorded at oppo­ site ends of the 19th century. John Jakle’s commentary reveals a pioneer’s active participation in the emerging transformation of the valley, while a scholar sought to find a garden untouched by the machine. Through their observations, as interpreted by Jakle, we see the emergence of landscapes of ruin as early as 1900. Technological change is more central to LelandJohnson’s review of navigational modifications on the Ohio River. He presents the river as an imperfect waterway in dire need of coordinated engineering. His essay contrasts the competing views of river users with the mandate of the army engineers and presents an unusually sympathetic view of the Corps of Engineers as agents of change. Johnson rightfully portrays the search for suitable wicket-dam technology as thoughtful manage­ ment, but he almost overlooks the environmental consequences of alterations..." @default.
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