Between Land and Sea - The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England

Informationen zum Autor Christopher L. Pastore is Assistant Professor of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Klappentext Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay¿s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation. Zusammenfassung Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay’s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher L Pastore, Christopher L. Pastore, Pastore Christopher L.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2014
• EAN: 9780674281417
• ISBN: 978-0-674-28141-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, Wildlife: general interest, History of the Americas, Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions, Coastlines