Discovering the Chesapeake [[electronic resource] ] : the history of an ecosystem / / edited by Philip D. Curtin, Grace S. Brush, and George W. Fisher
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Discovering the Chesapeake [[electronic resource] ] : the history of an ecosystem / / edited by Philip D. Curtin, Grace S. Brush, and George W. Fisher
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, Md. ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 975.5/18 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human ecology - Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) |
| Natural history - Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) | |
| Nature - Effect of human beings on - Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) | |
| Altri autori: |
CurtinPhilip D
BrushGrace S (Grace Somers)
FisherGeorge Wescott <1937->
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| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Chesapeake Ecosystem: Its Geologic Heritage""; ""Chapter Two: Climate and Climate History in the Chesapeake Bay Region""; ""Chapter Three: Forests before and after the Colonial Encounter""; ""Chapter Four: Human Influences on the Physical Characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay""; ""Chapter Five: ALong-TermHistory of Terrestrial Birds and Mammals in the Chesapeake-Susquehanna Watershed"" |
| ""Chapter Six: Living along the “Great Shellfish Bay�: The Relationship between Prehistoric Peoples and the Chesapeake""""Chapter Seven: Human Biology of Populations in the ChesapeakeWatershed""; ""Chapter Eight: AUseful Arcadia: European Colonists as Biotic Factors in Chesapeake Forests""; ""Chapter Nine: Reconstructing the Colonial Environment of the Upper ChesapeakeWatershed""; ""Chapter Ten: Human Influences on Aquatic Resources in the Chesapeake BayWatershed""; ""Chapter Eleven: Land Use, Settlement Patterns, and the Impact of European Agriculture, 1620-1820"" | |
| ""Chapter Twelve: Chesapeake Gardens and Botanical Frontiers""""Chapter Thirteen: Genteel Erosion The Ecological Consequences of Agrarian Reform in the Chesapeake, 1730-1840""; ""Chapter Fourteen: Farming,Disease, and Change in the Chesapeake Ecosystem""; ""Chapter Fifteen: Bird Populations of the Chesapeake Bay Region: 350 Years of Change""; ""Commentary: Reading the Palimpsest""; ""Index"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Discovering the Chesapeake |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7517-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780189103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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