Mastering the Inland Seas :How Lighthouses, Navigational Aids, and Harbors Transformed the Great Lakes and America
Mastering the Inland Seas :How Lighthouses, Navigational Aids, and Harbors Transformed the Great Lakes and America
hardback
Published:
21 April, 2020
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Description
Karamanski explores both the navigational and sailing tools of First Nations peoples and the dismissive and foolhardy attitude of early European maritime sailors. He investigates the role played by commercial boats in the Underground Railroad, as well as how the federal development of crucial navigational resources exacerbated sectionalism in the antebellum United States. Ultimately Mastering the Inland Sea shows the undeniable environmental impact of technologies used by the modern commercial maritime industry. This expansive story illuminates the symbiotic relationship between infrastructure investment in the region's interconnected waterways and North America's lasting economic and political development.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780299326302 |
| ISBN10 | 0299326306 |
| Number Of Pages | 384 |
| Item Weight | 655 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 28 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
Mastering the Inland Seas offers a broad panorama of the conflicts, policies, and personalities that created the modern navigation system on the Great Lakes. Far more than just lighthouses, it draws in the political storms of antebellum America, the federal government's role, and the long-term impact of these encounters." - Matthew Lawrence Daley, Grand Valley State University
"Magnificently researched and written with clarity and high energy, Karamanski's Mastering the Inland Seas tells the hidden history of how generations of maritime peoples-from indigenous canoe paddlers to modern mariners-navigated and domesticated the watery wilderness of the Great Lakes." - Robert Michael Morrissey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Author's Bio
Theodore J. Karamanski is Professor of History and Director of the Public History Graduate Program at Loyola University Chicago. His books include Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History, Blackbird's Song: Andrew Blackbird and Odawa Survival, and North Woods River: The St. Croix Valley in Upper Midwest History.