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The future city on the inland sea : a history of imaginative geographies of Lake Superior /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olmanson, Eric D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Superior, Lake > History, Local.
Wisconsin > History, Local.
Superior, Lake > Geography.
Landscapes > Superior, Lake > History.
Superior, Lake > Description and travel.
Chequamegon Bay (Wis.) > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Superior, Lake.
Land settlement > Superior, Lake > History.
Regional planning > Superior, Lake > History.
City planning > Superior, Lake > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Lake Superior as the "Evil One's empire"
  • Introduction: Imaginative geographies
  • Reconnaissance
  • Through the poets' eyes
  • Ordering the landscape
  • Cities in the wilderness
  • The frontier, the future city, and the Wild West
  • Northern exposures
  • Epilogue: Pageantry, memory, and place.