Title America's Wetland : an Environmental and Cultural History of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina / Roy T. Sawyer

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

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : illustrations, map 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index Notes English Print version record 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 NATURE -- Essays. NATURE -- Reference. TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism. NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection. Climatic changes Drainage -- Environmental aspects Ecology Wetland ecology SUBJECT Atlantic Coast (Va.) -- Environmental conditions Atlantic Coast (N.C.) -- Environmental conditions Subject North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast Virginia -- Atlantic Coast Form Electronic book LC no. 2009039565 ISBN 9780813929699 0813929695 1280490268 9781280490262 9786613585493 6613585491

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