| Author: | Christopher L. Pastore | ISBN: | 9780674745469 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christopher L. Pastore |
| ISBN: | 9780674745469 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | October 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay’s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation.
Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay’s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation.
