Discovering the Chesapeake : the history of an ecosystem / edited by Philip D. Curtin, Grace S. Brush, and George W. Fisher.
| Other author | Curtin, Philip D. |
| Other author | Brush, Grace S. (Grace Somers) |
| Other author | Fisher, George Wescott, 1937- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2001. |
| Description | xxiii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chesapeake ecosystem : its geologic heritage / George W. Fisher and Jerry R. Schubel -- Climate and climate history in the Chesapeake Bay region / John E. Kutzbach and Thompson Webb III -- Forests before and after the colonial encounter / Grace S. Brush -- Human influences on the physical characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay / Donald W. Pritchard and Jerry R. Schubel -- Long-term history of terrestrial birds and mammals in the Chesapeake-Susquehanna watershed / David W. Steadman -- Living along the "great shellfish bay" : the relationship between prehistoric peoples and the Chesapeake / Henry M. Miller -- Human biology of populations in the Chesapeake watershed / Douglas H. Ubelaker and Philip D. Curtin -- Useful Arcadia : European colonists as biotic factors in Chesapeake forests / Timothy Silver -- Reconstructing the colonial environment of the upper Chesapeake watershed / Robert D. Mitchell, Warren R. Hofstra, and Edward F. Connor -- Human influences on aquatic resources in the Chesapeake Bay watershed / Victor S. Kennedy and Kent Mountford -- Land use, settlement patterns, and the impact of European agriculture, 1620-1820 / Lorena S. Walsh -- Chesapeake gardens and botanical frontiers / Anne E. Yentsch and James L. Reveal. |
| Contents | Genteel erosion : the ecological consequences of agrarian reform in the Chesapeake, 1730-1840 / Carville Earle and Ronald Hoffman -- Farming, disease, and change in the Chesapeake ecosystem / G. Terry Sharrer -- Bird populations of the Chesapeake Bay region : 350 years of change / James F. Lynch -- Commentary, Reading the palimpsest / William Cronon. |
| Local note | Little-347768--305131054165Y |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 00042405 |
| ISBN | 0801864682 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801864681 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GF504.C54 D47 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |