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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 unrivalled 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.

Sailing into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers

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      Publisher Michigan State University Press
      Published 30 January 2017
      ISBN-13 9781611862232
      978-1611862232
      ISBN-10 161186223X
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      Ships and boats: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 unrivalled 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.

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