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050 4 _aQH105.V8S27 2010
082 0 _a508.755/1
100 1 _aSawyer, Roy T.
245 1 0 _aAmerica's Wetland :
_bAn Environmental and Cultural History of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCharlottesville :
_bUniversity of Virginia Press,
_c2010.
264 4 _c©2010.
300 _a1 online resource (271 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Ice-Age Enclave -- 2 Relict Fauna -- 3 Water's Environmental Facets -- 4 Period of European Colonization -- 5 Agricultural History -- 6 Sturgeon, Herring, and Other Fisheries -- 7 Antebellum Golden Age: Transportation Canals -- 8 African American Experience -- 9 Armed Conflict: A Recurring Theme -- 10 Intracoastal Waterways: War Canals -- 11 Forests Then and Now -- 12 Droughts and Forest Fires -- 13 From Peat Mining to Wildlife Refuges -- 14 Lost Heritage: Last River Highway -- 15 Urbanization and Depopulation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
520 _aIn so doing, he explores the effects of hurricanes, droughts, forest fires, and ice ages of the past--and anticipates, in this age of global warming, natural events that may be still to come.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aWetland ecology--Virginia--Atlantic Coast.
650 0 _aWetland ecology--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
650 0 _aDrainage--Environmental aspects--Virginia--Atlantic Coast.
650 0 _aDrainage--Environmental aspects--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
650 0 _aClimatic changes--Virginia--Atlantic Coast.
650 0 _aClimatic changes--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
650 0 _aAtlantic Coast (Va.)--Environmental conditions.
650 0 _aAtlantic Coast (N.C.)--Environmental conditions.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSawyer, Roy T.
_tAmerica's Wetland
_dCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press,c2010
_z9780813929217
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3443981
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