Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Sawyer, Roy T.

Publication

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

Details

Description

1 online resource (viii, 260 p.) : ill., map.

Uniform Title

America's wetland (Online)

Alternative Title

America's wetland (Online)

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2009039565

OCLC

ssj0000533944

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.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available onsite at NYPL