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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010.Description: viii, 260 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 508.755/1 22
LOC classification:
  • QH105.V8 S27 2010eb
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.

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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