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Author Andersen, Tom, 1954-

Title This fine piece of water : an environmental history of Long Island Sound / Tom Andersen ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GC1212.N7 A53 2002    Available  ---
Description xv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
Contents The birth of the Sound -- Early residents -- Adriaen Block and the first explorers -- The American Mediterranean -- The Industrial Age -- Ostering -- Sprawling suburbs -- Strangling the Sound -- The brink of disaster -- Sewage -- The cleanup -- The new Sound.
Subject Marine pollution -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) -- History.
Marine pollution.
History.
Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) -- Environmental conditions -- History.
ISBN 0300082509 hardcover alkaline paper