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The aquatic frontier : oysters and aquaculture in the progressive era / Samuel P. Hanes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanes, Samuel P., author.
- Series:
- Environmental history of the Northeast.
- Environmental history of the Northeast
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oyster culture--United States--Environmental conditions--19th century.
- Oyster culture.
- Oyster culture--United States--Environmental conditions--20th century.
- Oyster culture--Law and legislation--United States--History--19th century.
- Oyster culture--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 230 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Although few remember their former significance, oysters were one of the largest U.S.fisheries at their peak in the late nineteenth century.As the fishery industrialized on-and offshore, oyster farms and canning factories spread along the Eastern Seaboard, with overharvesting becoming increasingly common.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Inshore Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Complexity in Environmental History
- Chapter 1. Oyster Management before 1880
- Chapter 2. Oyster Law Enforcement
- Chapter 3. Shellfish Commissions
- Chapter 4. Natural Science
- Chapter 5. Mapping Natural Beds
- Chapter 6. Mapping Planters' Property
- Conclusion: The Challenge of Complexity
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-660-2
- OCLC:
- 1061866738
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