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Cape Cod : an environmental history of a fragile ecosystem
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Title
Cape Cod : an environmental history of a fragile ecosystem / John T. Cumbler.
ISBN
9781625341099
1625341091
9781625341082
1625341083
Publication
Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.
Physical Description
x, 277 pages ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 14, 2015
Series
Environmental history of the Northeast
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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