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Author Sawyer, Roy T.

Title America's wetland [electronic resource] : an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina / Roy T. Sawyer.

Imprint Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description viii, 260 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 (N.C.) -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813929217 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813929210 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813929695 (electronic bk.)
9780813929699 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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