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This fine piece of water : an environmental history of Long Island Sound

Title
  1. This fine piece of water : an environmental history of Long Island Sound / Tom Andersen ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Published by
  1. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002.
Author
  1. Andersen, Tom, 1954-

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Description
  1. xv, 256 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Marine pollution > Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) > History
  2. Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) > Environmental conditions > History
Contents
  1. The birth of the Sound -- Early residents -- Adriaen Block and the first explorers -- The American Mediterranean -- The Industrial Age -- Ostering -- Sprawling suburbs -- Strangling the Sound -- The brink of disaster -- Sewage -- The cleanup -- The new Sound.
Call number
  1. JFE 02-11722
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.
Author
  1. Andersen, Tom, 1954-
Title
  1. This fine piece of water : an environmental history of Long Island Sound / Tom Andersen ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Imprint
  1. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2001006401
ISBN
  1. 0300082509 (hc : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 02-11722
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