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The Gulf : the making of an American sea

Davis, Jack E., 1956- author

Overview

Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporitng human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy shorelines and majestic estuarine bays, both beautiful and life-giving, though fated to exploitation by esuriant oil men and real-estate developers. Davis shares previously untold stories, parading a vast array of historical characters past our view: sports-fishermen, presidents, Hollywood executives, New England fishers, the Tabasco king, a Texas shrimper, and a New York architect who caught the \"big one\". Sensitive to the imminent effects of climate change, and to the difficult task of rectifying the assaults of recent centuries, this book suggests how a penetrating examination of a single region's history can inform the country's path ahead. --adapted from book jacket.

• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Subject: Human ecology Mexico, Gulf of. / Environmental degradation Mexico, Gulf of. / Nature Effect of human beings on Mexico, Gulf of. / Mexico, Gulf of History. / Mexico, Gulf of Environmental conditions.
• ISBN: 9781631494024, 1631494023

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F296.D38 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE