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Mastering the inland seas : how lighthouses, navigational aids, and harbors transformed the Great Lakes and America /

"Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental North America. Syn

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Main Authors: Karamanski, Theodore J., 1953-
Published: The University of Wisconsin Press,
Publisher Address: Madison, Wisconsin :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Navigation > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Inland navigation > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Aids to navigation > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Lighthouses > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Aids to navigation.
Inland navigation.
Lighthouses.
Navigation.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Great Lakes.
Great Lakes Region.
Summary: "Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental North America. Syn
Carrier Form: ix, 368 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-358) and index.
ISBN: 9780299326302 (hardback) :
0299326306 (hardback)
Index Number: HE631
CLC: U675-097.1
Call Number: U675-097.1/K181
Contents: Native waters -- A transportation revolution on the Lakes, 1789-1839 -- The era of bad feelings, 1839-1860 -- The construction era, 1860-1880 -- The emergence of the maritime-industrial complex, 1880-1910 -- The inland seas in war and peace, 1910-1945 -

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