Discovering the Chesapeake : the history of an ecosystem / edited by Philip D. Curtin, Grace S. Brush, and George W. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curtin, Philip D.

Brush, Grace S. (Grace Somers)

Fisher, George Wescott, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.).

Human ecology.

Natural history--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.).

Natural history.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.).

Nature.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Discovering the Chesapeake explores all of the long-term changes the Chesapeake has undergone and uncovers the inextricable connections among land, water, and humans in this unusually delicate ecosystem.

Contents:

1 The Chesapeake Ecosystem: Its Geologic Heritage / George W. Fisher, Jerry R. Schubel 1

2 Climate and Climate History in the Chesapeake Bay Region / John E. Kutzbach, Thompson Webb III 15

3 Forests before and after the Colonial Encounter / Grace S. Brush 40

4 Human Influences on the Physical Characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay / Donald W. Pritchard, Jerry R. Schubel 60

5 A Long-Term History of Terrestrial Birds and Mammals in the Chesapeake-Susquehanna Watershed / David W. Steadman 83

6 Living along the "Great Shellfish Bay": The Relationship between Prehistoric Peoples and the Chesapeake / Henry M. Miller 109

7 Human Biology of Populations in the Chesapeake Watershed / Douglas H. Ubelaker, Philip D. Curtin 127

8 A Useful Arcadia: European Colonists as Biotic Factors in Chesapeake Forests / Timothy Silver 149

9 Reconstructing the Colonial Environment of the Upper Chesapeake Watershed / Robert D. Mitchell, Warren R. Hofstra, Edward F. Connor 167

10 Human Influences on Aquatic Resources in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed / Victor S. Kennedy, Kent Mountford 191

11 Land Use, Settlement Patterns, and the Impact of European Agriculture, 1620-1820 / Lorena S. Walsh 220

12 Chesapeake Gardens and Botanical Frontiers / Anne E. Yentsch, James L. Reveal 249

13 Genteel Erosion: The Ecological Consequences of Agrarian Reform in the Chesapeake, 1730-1840 / Carville Earle, Ronald Hoffman

14 Farming, Disease, and Change in the Chesapeake Ecosystem / G. Terry Sharrer 304

15 Bird Populations of the Chesapeake Bay Region: 350 Years of Change / James F. Lynch 322

Commentary: Reading the Palimpsest / William Cronon 355.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801864682

OCLC:

44167258