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...
| Основен автор: | Paskoff, Paul F. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2007.
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Print version::
Troubled waters. |
Съдържание:
- 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.