America's wetland [electronic resource] : an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina / Roy T. Sawyer.
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TextPublication details: Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010.Description: viii, 260 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): - Wetland ecology -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast
- Wetland ecology -- North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
- Drainage -- Environmental aspects -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast
- Drainage -- Environmental aspects -- North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
- Climatic changes -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast
- Climatic changes -- North Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
- Atlantic Coast (Va.) -- Environmental conditions
- Atlantic Coast (N.C.) -- Environmental conditions
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- QH105.V8 S27 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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