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Environmental History of the Hudson River: Human Uses that Changed the Ecology, Ecology that Changed Human Uses(English)

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About the Book

Biologists, historians, and social scientists explore the reciprocal relationships between humans and the Hudson River.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Frances F. Dunwell Acknowledgments Introduction Robert E. Henshaw The Hudson River Watershed: An Abbreviated Geography Robert E. Henshaw PART I. History and Biology: Providing Explanations Robert E. Henshaw 1. Historical Facts/Biological Questions Robert E. Henshaw 2. Linkages between People and Ecostystems: How Did We Get from Separate to Equal? Stuart Findlay 3. Symbioses between Biologists and Social Scientists Lucille Lewis Johnson PART II. River of Resources Robert E. Henshaw 4. Hudson River Fisheries: Once Robust, Now Reduced Robert A. Daniels, Robert E. Schmidt, and Karin E. Limburg 5. Herpetofauna of the Hudson River Watershed: A Short History Alvin R. Breisch 6. Human Impacts on Hudson River Morphology and Sediments: A Result of Changing Uses and Interests Frank O. Nitsche, Angela L. Slagle, William B. F. Ryan, Suzanne Carbotte, Robin Bell, Timothy C. Kenna, and Roger D. Flood 7. The Earliest Thirteen Millennia of Cultural Adaptation along the Hudson River Estuary Christopher R. Lindner 8. Archaeological Indices of Environmental Change and Colonial Ethnobotany in Seventeenth-Century Dutch New Amsterdam Joel W. Grossman 9. Linking Uplands to the Hudson River: Lake to Marsh Records of Climate Change and Human Impact over Millennia Dorothy M. Peteet, Elizabeth markgraf, Dee C. Pederson, and Sanpisa Sritrairat 10. Vegetation Dynamics in the Northern Shawangunk Mountains: The Last Three Hundred Years John E. Thompson and Paul C. Huth 11. Agriculture in the Hudson Basin Since 1609 Simon Litten 12. Ecology in the Field of Time: Two Centuries of interaction between Agriculture and Native Species in Columbia County, New York Conrad Vispo and Claudia Knab-Vispo 13. The Introduction and Naturalization of Exotic Ornamental Plants in New York's Hudson River Valley Chelsea Teale PART III. River of Commerce Robert E. Henshaw 14. The Rise and Emise of the Hudson River Ice Harvesting Industry: Urban needs and Rural Responses Wendy E. Harris and Arnold Pickman 15. Human Sanitary Wastes and Waste Treatment in New York City David J. Tonjes, Christine A. O'Connell, Omkar Aphale, and R. L. Swanson 16. Foundry Cove: Icon of the Interaction of Industry with Aquatic Life Jeffrey S. Levinton 17. River City: Transporting Commerce and Culture Roger Panetta 18. Out of the Fray: Scientific Legacy of Environmental Regulation of Electric Generating Stations in the Hudson River Valley John R. Young and William P. Dey PART IV. River of Inspiration Robert E. Henshaw 19. Birth of the Environmental Movement in the Hudson River Valley Albert K. Butzel 20. The Influence of the Hudson River School of Art in the Preservation of the River, Its Natural and Cultural Landscape, and the Evolution of Environmental Law Harvey K. Flad 21. "Thy Fate and Mine Are Not Repose": The Hudson and Its Influence Geoffrey L. Brackett 22. The Past as Guide to a Successful Future Robert E. Henshaw Afterword Robert E. Henshaw Contributors Web Addresses of Cited and Key Agencies, Not-For-Profit Organizations, and Academic Institutions in the Hudson River Basin Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781438440262
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 1157 gr
  • ISBN-10: 143844026X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 404
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Human Uses that Changed the Ecology, Ecology that Changed Human Uses
  • Width: 216 mm


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