Cape Cod An Environmental History of a Fragile Ecosystem / John T. Cumbler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cumbler, John T.

Series:

Environmental history of the Northeast.

Environmental history of the Northeast

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Massachusetts--Cape Cod.

Nature.

Human ecology--Massachusetts--Cape Cod--History.

Human ecology.

Cape Cod (Mass.)--Environmental conditions.

Cape Cod (Mass.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To many, Cape Cod represents the classic setting for an American summer vacation.Attracting seasonal tourists with picturesque beaches and abundant seafood, the Cape has held a place in our national imagination for almost two hundred years.

Contents:

The ice, the crow, and the plague : before European exploration

From continental drift to nomadic land use

Fire, fishing, and farming of native peoples

The era of local resource production and extraction : settlement to the start of the twentieth century

On the way to an amphibious society

Mining the bounty of nature

The decline of the established economy

Dependence on distant resources, and revenue from recreation : early twentieth century to the present

Trains, cars, cottages, and restaurants

The golden age of tourism

Problems in paradise.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61376-337-9

OCLC:

919384514