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Between land and sea : the Atlantic Coast and the transformation of New England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pastore, Christopher L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Coast changes > New England > History.
Atlantic Coast (New England) > History.
Coast changes.
New England.
New England > Atlantic Coast.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: from sweetwater to seawater
  • Clams, dams, and the desiccation of New England
  • Shoveling dung against the tide
  • The geographic quicksilver of Narragansett Bay
  • Natural knowledge and a bay in transition
  • Improving coastal space during a century of war
  • Carving the industrial coastline
  • Epilogue: between progress and the pull of the sea.