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RECORD NUMBER: 40 OF 846Main Title | America's wetland : an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina / | |||||||||||
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Author | Sawyer, Roy T. | |||||||||||
Publisher | University of Virginia Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 439906296 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780813929217 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813929210 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780813929699 (e-book); 0813929695 (e-book) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Wetland ecology--Virginia--Atlantic Coast ; Wetland ecology--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast ; Drainage--Environmental aspects--Virginia--Atlantic Coast ; Drainage--Environmental aspects--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast ; Climatic changes--Virginia--Atlantic Coast ; Climatic changes--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast ; Atlantic Coast (Va)--Environmental conditions ; Atlantic Coast (NC)--Environmental conditions | |||||||||||
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Collation | viii, 260 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Ice-age enclave -- Relict fauna -- Water's environmental facets -- Period of European colonization -- Agricultural history -- Sturgeon, herring, and other fisheries -- Antebellum golden age : transportation canals -- African American experience -- Armed conflict : a recurring theme -- Intracoastal waterways : war canals -- Forests then and now -- Droughts and forest fires -- From peat mining to wildlife refuges -- Lost heritage : last river highway -- Urbanization and depopulation. |