Milwaukee : a city built on water /

"Water has been so critical to Milwaukee's development that imagining the community without it is virtually impossible. Milwaukee was literally built on water -- along the shores of Lake Michigan and its three main rivers, the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic, and on top of countless...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gurda, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2018.
Edición:E-book edition.
Temas:
Waterfronts > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History.
Waterways > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History.
Water and civilization.
Fronts de mer > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Histoire.
Voies navigables > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Histoire.
Eau et civilisation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
Ecology.
Travel.
Waterfronts.
Waterways.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > History, Naval.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Description and travel.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Environmental conditions.
Wisconsin > Milwaukee.
History.
Naval history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In a state of nature
  • To Wisconsin by water
  • Water at work
  • A liquid economy
  • In-town up north
  • Milwaukee's magnificent lakefront
  • Jones Island: people of the port
  • Singing a dirty song
  • Troubled waters
  • A turn for the better
  • "Great Lakes" (a poem).

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