The Resource The Gulf : the making of an American sea, Jack E. Davis
The Gulf : the making of an American sea, Jack E. Davis
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- x, 592 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: History, nature, and a forgotten sea
- Introduction: Birth
- Part One. Estuaries, and the lie of the land and sea : aborigines and colonizing Europeans. Mounds ; El Golfo de México ; Unnecessary death ; A most important river, and a "magnificent" bay
- Part Two. Sea and sky : American debuts in the nineteenth century. Manifest Destiny ; A fishy sea ; The wild fish that tamed the coast ; Birds of a feather, shot together
- Part Three. Preludes to the future. From bayside to beachside ; Oil and the Texas toe dip ; Oil and the Louisiana plunge ; Islands, shifting sands of time ; Wind and water
- Part Four. Saturation and loss : post-1945. The growth coast ; Florida worry, Texas slurry ; Rivers of stuff ; Runoff, and runaway ; Sand in the houglass ; Losing the edge
- Epilogue: A success story amid so much else
- Isbn
- 9781631494024
- Label
- The Gulf : the making of an American sea
- Title
- The Gulf
- Title remainder
- the making of an American sea
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack E. Davis
- Subject
-
- trueCoasts -- United States
- Ecology
- Environmental degradation
- Environmental degradation -- Mexico, Gulf of
- trueEnvironmentalism
- Gulf of Mexico
- trueGulf of Mexico
- History
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- Mexico, Gulf of
- trueHumans -- Effect of environment on
- Mexico, Gulf of -- Environmental conditions
- Mexico, Gulf of -- History
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Mexico, Gulf of
- trueCoastal ecology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- A comprehensive history of the Gulf of Mexico and its identity as a region marked by hurricanes, oil fields and debates about population growth and the environment demonstrates how its picturesque ecosystems have inspired and reflected key historical events
- Award
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- Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, 2017.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2017
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2017.
- Pulitzer Prize for History, 2018.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10554516
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Davis, Jack E.
- Dewey number
- 909/.096364
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F296
- LC item number
- .D38 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Human ecology
- Environmental degradation
- Nature
- Mexico, Gulf of
- Mexico, Gulf of
- Ecology
- Environmental degradation
- Human ecology
- Nature
- Gulf of Mexico
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the making of an American sea
- Label
- The Gulf : the making of an American sea, Jack E. Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: History, nature, and a forgotten sea -- Introduction: Birth -- Part One. Estuaries, and the lie of the land and sea : aborigines and colonizing Europeans. Mounds ; El Golfo de México ; Unnecessary death ; A most important river, and a "magnificent" bay -- Part Two. Sea and sky : American debuts in the nineteenth century. Manifest Destiny ; A fishy sea ; The wild fish that tamed the coast ; Birds of a feather, shot together -- Part Three. Preludes to the future. From bayside to beachside ; Oil and the Texas toe dip ; Oil and the Louisiana plunge ; Islands, shifting sands of time ; Wind and water -- Part Four. Saturation and loss : post-1945. The growth coast ; Florida worry, Texas slurry ; Rivers of stuff ; Runoff, and runaway ; Sand in the houglass ; Losing the edge -- Epilogue: A success story amid so much else
- Control code
- 21429986
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- x, 592 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631494024
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)988276678
- Label
- The Gulf : the making of an American sea, Jack E. Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: History, nature, and a forgotten sea -- Introduction: Birth -- Part One. Estuaries, and the lie of the land and sea : aborigines and colonizing Europeans. Mounds ; El Golfo de México ; Unnecessary death ; A most important river, and a "magnificent" bay -- Part Two. Sea and sky : American debuts in the nineteenth century. Manifest Destiny ; A fishy sea ; The wild fish that tamed the coast ; Birds of a feather, shot together -- Part Three. Preludes to the future. From bayside to beachside ; Oil and the Texas toe dip ; Oil and the Louisiana plunge ; Islands, shifting sands of time ; Wind and water -- Part Four. Saturation and loss : post-1945. The growth coast ; Florida worry, Texas slurry ; Rivers of stuff ; Runoff, and runaway ; Sand in the houglass ; Losing the edge -- Epilogue: A success story amid so much else
- Control code
- 21429986
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- x, 592 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631494024
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)988276678
Subject
- trueCoasts -- United States
- Ecology
- Environmental degradation
- Environmental degradation -- Mexico, Gulf of
- trueEnvironmentalism
- Gulf of Mexico
- trueGulf of Mexico
- History
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- Mexico, Gulf of
- trueHumans -- Effect of environment on
- Mexico, Gulf of -- Environmental conditions
- Mexico, Gulf of -- History
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Mexico, Gulf of
- trueCoastal ecology
Genre
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best History Books: 2017
- trueKirkus Prizes: Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2017
- truePulitzer Prize: History
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