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Sawyer, Roy T.

America's wetland an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina / [electronic resource] : Roy T. Sawyer. - Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010. - viii, 260 p. : ill., map.

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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Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Atlantic Coast (Va.)--Environmental conditions.
Atlantic Coast (N.C.)--Environmental conditions.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QH105.V8 / S27 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 508.755/1