This fine piece of water : an environmental history of Long Island Sound / Tom Andersen ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Author/creator Andersen, Tom, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents 1. The birth of the Sound -- 2. Early residents -- 3. Adriaen Block and the first explorers -- 4. The American Mediterranean -- 5. The Industrial Age -- 6. Oystering -- 7. Sprawling suburbs -- 8. Strangling the Sound -- 9. The brink of disaster -- 10. Sewage -- 11. The cleanup -- 12. The new Sound.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.
LCCN 2001006401
ISBN0300082509 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GC1212.N7 A53 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold