Environmental history of the Hudson River : human uses that changed the ecology, ecology that changed human uses / / edited by Robert E. Henshaw ; with a foreword by Frances F. Dunwell
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Environmental history of the Hudson River : human uses that changed the ecology, ecology that changed human uses / / edited by Robert E. Henshaw ; with a foreword by Frances F. Dunwell
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 304.209747/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human ecology - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) - History |
| Nature - Effect of human beings on - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) - History | |
| Natural history - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) | |
| Environmentalism - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Environmental conditions |
| Altri autori: |
HenshawRobert E
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references, webography and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY of the HUDSON RIVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE HUDSON RIVER WATERSHED""; ""PART I. HISTORY AND BIOLOGY""; ""1. HISTORICAL FACTS/BIOLOGICAL QUESTIONS""; ""2. LINKAGES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ECOSYSTEMS""; ""3. SYMBIOSES BETWEEN BIOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS""; ""PART II. RIVER OF RESOURCES""; ""4. HUDSON RIVER FISHERIES""; ""5. HERPETOFAUNA OF THE HUDSON RIVER WATERSHED""; ""6. HUMAN IMPACTS ON HUDSON RIVER MORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTS"" |
| ""7. THE EARLIEST THIRTEEN MILLENNIA OF CULTURALADAPTATION ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY""""8. ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDICES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND COLONIAL ETHNOBOTANY INSEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH NEW AMSTERDAM""; ""9. LINKING UPLANDS TO THE HUDSON RIVER""; ""10. VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN THE NORTHERN SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAINS""; ""11. AGRICULTURE IN THE HUDSON BASIN SINCE 1609""; ""12. ECOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF TIME""; ""13. THE INTRODUCTION AND NATURALIZATION OF EXOTIC ORNAMENTAL PLANTS IN NEW YORK� SHUDSON RIVER VALLEY""; ""PART III. RIVER OF COMMERCE"" | |
| ""14. THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE HUDSON RIVERICE HARVESTING INDUSTRY""""15. HUMAN SANITARY WASTES AND WASTE TREATMENT IN NEW YORK CITY""; ""16. FOUNDRY COVE""; ""17. RIVER CITY""; ""18. OUT OF THE FRAY""; ""PART IV. RIVER OF INSPIRATION""; ""19. BIRTH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY""; ""20. THE INFLUENCE OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOLOF ART IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE RIVER,ITS NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE,AND THE EVOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW""; ""21. “THY FATE AND MINE ARE NOT REPOSE�""; ""22. THE PAST AS GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE""; ""AFTERWORD"" | |
| ""CONTRIBUTORS""""WEB ADDRESSES OF CITED AND KEY AGENCIES,NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ANDACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE HUDSON RIVER BASIN""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Biologists, historians, and social scientists explore the reciprocal relationships between humans and the Hudson River. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Environmental History of the Hudson River |
| ISBN: | 1-4384-4028-6 |
| 1-4619-0638-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820785603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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