Sailing Into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them by Boles, Frank
Sailing Into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them by Boles, Frank

Sailing Into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them

The Great Lakes create a vast transportation network that supports a massive shipping industry. In this volume,...
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Sailing Into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them by Boles, Frank

Sailing Into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them

CHF 62.34
Sailing Into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them by Boles, Frank

Sailing Into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them

CHF 62.34
Author: Frank Boles
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
The Great Lakes create a vast transportation network that supports a massive shipping industry. In this volume, seamanship, cargo, competition, cooperation, technology, engineering, business, unions, government decisions, and international agreements all come together to create a story of unrivaled interest about the Great Lakes ships and the crews that sailed them in the twentieth century. This complex and multifaceted tale begins in iron and coal mines, with the movement of the raw ingredients of industrial America across docks into ever larger ships using increasingly complicated tools and technology. The shipping industry was an expensive challenge, as it required huge investments of capital, caused bitter labor disputes, and needed direct government intervention to literally remake the lakes to accommodate the ships. It also demanded one of the most integrated international systems of regulation and navigation in the world to sail a ship from Duluth to upstate New York. Sailing into History describes the fascinating history of a century of achievements and setbacks, unimagined change mixed with surprising stability.


Author: Frank Boles
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 01/01/2017
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781611862232

About the Author
Frank Boles has served as the director of Central Michigan University's Clarke Historical Library since 1991. He has also worked as an archivist at the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library and at the Chicago Historical Museum

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