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- catalog abstract ""Long Island Sound is not only the most heavily used estuary in North America, it is also one of the most beautiful waterways, with picturesque seascapes and landfalls. But centuries of pollution and other abuse have gradually been killing off its marine life and have pushed the Sound to the brink of disaster. This book traces the history of the Sound and its use as a resource from the time of contact between the Native Americans and Dutch traders through the suburban sprawl of recent decades - and tells how a group of scientists and citizens has been working to save the Sound from ruin."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12497022.
- catalog coverage "Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) Environmental conditions History.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Long Island Sound is not only the most heavily used estuary in North America, it is also one of the most beautiful waterways, with picturesque seascapes and landfalls. But centuries of pollution and other abuse have gradually been killing off its marine life and have pushed the Sound to the brink of disaster. This book traces the history of the Sound and its use as a resource from the time of contact between the Native Americans and Dutch traders through the suburban sprawl of recent decades - and tells how a group of scientists and citizens has been working to save the Sound from ruin."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xv, 256 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300082509 (hc : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) Environmental conditions History.".
- catalog spatial "Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)".
- catalog subject "363.739/4/0916346 21".
- catalog subject "GC1212.N7 A53 2002".
- catalog subject "Marine pollution Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "This fine piece of water : an environmental history of Long Island Sound / Tom Andersen ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".