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Floating palaces of the Great Lakes : a history of passenger steamships on the inland seas / Joel Stone.

By: Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]Description: viii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780472028313 (ebook)
  • 9780472051755 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780472071753 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 386/.22430977 23
LOC classification:
  • VM381 .S76 2015
Contents:
Introduction: steam navigation on the Great Lakes -- Steam navigation from 1817 to 1860 -- Harnessing steam -- Early years on the lakes -- Opening the frontier -- Birth of an industry -- Regional development -- Maritime politics -- The palace steamer era -- Steam navigation from 1860 to 1900 -- The Civil War years -- New era, new business models -- Changing tastes and technologies -- Steam navigation in the twentieth century -- A new century brings change -- The lake cruising experience -- Sailing into a head wind -- Conclusion: the final years.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks VM381 .S76 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001392215

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: steam navigation on the Great Lakes -- Steam navigation from 1817 to 1860 -- Harnessing steam -- Early years on the lakes -- Opening the frontier -- Birth of an industry -- Regional development -- Maritime politics -- The palace steamer era -- Steam navigation from 1860 to 1900 -- The Civil War years -- New era, new business models -- Changing tastes and technologies -- Steam navigation in the twentieth century -- A new century brings change -- The lake cruising experience -- Sailing into a head wind -- Conclusion: the final years.

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