MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014019830
003 DLC
005 20150212082442.0
008 140619s2014 mau b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2014019830
020 $a9781625341099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781625341082 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ma---
050 00 $aGF504.M4$bC86 2014
082 00 $a304.209744/92$223
100 1 $aCumbler, John T.
245 10 $aCape Cod :$ban environmental history of a fragile ecosystem /$cJohn T. Cumbler.
264 1 $aAmherst ;$aBoston :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$c2014.
300 $ax, 277 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aEnvironmental history of the Northeast
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe ice, the crow, and the plague : before European exploration -- From continental drift to nomadic land use -- Fire, fishing, and farming of native peoples -- The era of local resource production and extraction : settlement to the start of the twentieth century -- On the way to an amphibious society -- Mining the bounty of nature -- The decline of the established economy -- Dependence on distant resources, and revenue from recreation : early twentieth century to the present -- Trains, cars, cottages, and restaurants -- The golden age of tourism -- Problems in paradise.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zMassachusetts$zCape Cod$xHistory.
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zMassachusetts$zCape Cod.
651 0 $aCape Cod (Mass.)$xEnvironmental conditions.