Mastering the inland seas [electronic resource] : how lighthouses, navigational aids, and harbors transformed the Great Lakes and America / Theodore J. Karamanski.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karamanski, Theodore J., 1953- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2020]
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.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2020 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Mastering the Inland Seas: How Lighthouses, Navigational Aids, and Harbors Transformed the Great Lakes and America
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Native waters
  • A market 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 fate of nations: the inland seas in war and peace, 1910-1945
  • May their lights continue to shine, 1945-2000.