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Troubled Waters : Steamboat Disasters, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821--1860 /
In Troubled Waters, Paul F. Paskoff offers a comprehensive examination of the federal government's river improvements program, which aimed to reduce hazards to navigation on the great rivers of America's interior during the early and mid-nineteenth century. Danger on the rivers came in a v...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Part 1; 1. Troubled Waters; 2. Politics before Polk; 3. Politics: Polk and Post- Polk; Part II; 4. Ways and Means; 5. Factors of Destruction; 6. The Success of Public Policy; Epilogue; Appendices; Notes; Works Cited; Index.