America's wetland an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina /

America's wetland an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina /

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Author / Creator: Sawyer, Roy T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
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 (N.C.) > Environmental conditions.
Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.
Table of 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.

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