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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sawyer, Roy T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wetland ecology--Virginia--Atlantic Coast.

Wetland ecology.

Wetland ecology--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.

Drainage--Environmental aspects--Virginia--Atlantic Coast.

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 (Va.).

Atlantic Coast (N.C.)--Environmental conditions.

Atlantic Coast (N.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In so doing, he explores the effects of hurricanes, droughts, forest fires, and ice ages of the past--and anticipates, in this age of global warming, natural events that may be still to come.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.

ISBN:

9786613585493

9781280490262

1280490268

9780813929699

0813929695

OCLC:

755622786