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Troubled waters [electronic resource] : steamboat disasters, river improvements, and American public policy, 1821-1860 / Paul F. Paskoff.
Publication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.Description: xvii, 324 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 0807132683 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807132685 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Inland navigation -- Middle West -- Safety measures -- History -- 19th century
- River engineering -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- River engineering -- United States -- Finance -- History -- 19th century
- Steamboat disasters -- United States -- Prevention -- History -- 19th century
- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 19th century
- Mississippi River -- Navigation -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
- 363.12/3 22
- HE630.M6 P37 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-311) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.