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...
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Author: Theodore J. Karamanski
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Mastering the Inland Seas: How Lighthouses, Navigational Aids, and Harbors Transformed the Great Lakes and America by Karamanski, Theodore J.

Mastering the Inland Seas: How Lighthouses, Navigational Aids, and Harbors Transformed the Great Lakes and America

$119.54

Mastering the Inland Seas: How Lighthouses, Navigational Aids, and Harbors Transformed the Great Lakes and America

$119.54
Author: Theodore J. Karamanski
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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. Synthesizing popular as well as original historical scholarship, Karamanski weaves a colorful narrative illustrating how disparate private and government interests transformed these vast and dangerous waters into the largest inland water transportation system in the world.
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.

Author: Theodore J. Karamanski
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 04/21/2020
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780299326302

About the Author
Theodore J. Karamanski is a professor of history at Loyola University of 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.

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