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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse

byEric Jay Dolin

Eric Jay Dolin uses Brilliant Beacons to investigate a History of the American Lighthouse through a carefully framed historical account. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. It is written for readers seeking substance as well as a clear path through the material.

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

560

ISBN

9781631492501