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Author Sawyer, Roy T.

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

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

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Wetland ecology -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast.
Wetland ecology.
Virginia -- Atlantic Coast.
Wetland ecology -- North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
Drainage -- Environmental aspects -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast.
Drainage -- Environmental aspects.
Drainage.
Drainage -- Environmental aspects -- North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
Climatic changes -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes -- North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
Atlantic Coast (Va.) -- Environmental conditions.
Atlantic Coast (N.C.) -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Sawyer, Roy T. America's wetland. Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010 9780813929217 (DLC) 2009039565 (OCoLC)439906296
ISBN 9780813929699 (electronic book)
0813929695 (electronic book)
9780813929217
0813929210