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RECORD NUMBER: 64 OF 334Main Title | Between land and sea : the Atlantic Coast and the transformation of New England / | |||||||||||
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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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Collation | ix, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |