Michigan's Venice : The transformation of the St. Clair maritime landscape, 1640-2000 / Daniel F. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Daniel F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

River settlements--Michigan--History.

River settlements.

Saint Clair River (Mich. and Ont.)--History.

Saint Clair River (Mich. and Ont.).

Saint Clair River Valley (Mich. and Ont.)--History.

Saint Clair River Valley (Mich. and Ont.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Few maritime landscapes in the Great Lakes remain so deeply and clearly inscribed by successive cultures as the St. Clair system-a river, delta, and lake found between Lake Huron and the Detroit River. The St. Clair River and its environs are an age-old transportation nexus of land and water routes, a strategic point of access to maritime resources, and, in many ways, a natural impediment to the navigation of the Great Lakes. From Indigenous peoples and European colonizers to the modern nations of Canada and the United States, this work traces the region's transformation through culturally driven practices and artifacts of shipbuilding, navigation, place naming, and mapmaking."-- from the publisher.

Contents:

Maritime landscapes and their study

Bridge, barrier, and bottleneck: a brief natural history of the St. Clair region

Indigenous landscapes and identities in the St. Clair region

Colonial conjonctures: cognition and dwelling during the French and British eras

Representations of the St. Clair maritime landscape

Sweetwater seafaring: movement in the St. Clair maritime landscape

A cascade of contingencies: the disruptive nineteenth century

Boat- and shipbuilding in the St. Clair maritime landscape

The transformed maritime cultural landscape

From Tocqueville to Tashmoo: the golden age of the St. Clair flats

Archaeology of the submerged landscape

Maritime heritage in a transformed landscape.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Harrison, Daniel F. Michigan’s Venice

ISBN:

9780814349489

081434948X

OCLC:

1418998756