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Main Title Between land and sea : the Atlantic Coast and the transformation of New England /
Author Pastore, Christopher L.
Publisher Harvard University Press,
Year Published 2014
OCLC Number 875999875
ISBN 9780674281417 (alk. paper); 0674281411 (alk. paper)
Subjects Coast changes--New England--History ; Atlantic Coast (New England)--History ; New England--Atlantic Coast
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EHBM  GB459.4.P37 2014 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 12/29/2014
Collation ix, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Prologue: from sweetwater to seawater -- Clams, dams, and the desiccation of New England -- Shoveling dung against the tide -- The search for Narragansett Bay -- Science and a bay in transition -- Improving coastal space during a century of war -- Carving the industrial coastline -- Epilogue: between progress and the pull of the sea.