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xiii, 225 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
"Galveston Bay is the recreational center of the Texas coast - a fishing, boating, and birdwatching playground for the almost four million people who live on or near it. Sally E. Antrobus has produced a book for residents and visitors alike that tunes them in to what is happening in, on, and to the bay - the book she herself wished for when she first came to live nearby." "Beginning with a short, incisive history of the peopling of the area, Antrobus describes how the bay works ecologically and how it is put to work, for recreation and for commerce; how nature both contributes to and controls the human enterprise there; and how power and politics can destroy all the bay has to offer."--Jacket.
From Bayou to Bayou City -- A Hardworking Bay -- Recreational Riches -- Hurricanes and Floods -- Bay Politics -- The Container Port Juggernaut -- Destinations -- Events -- Hopes and Fears.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005