The Chesapeake: An Environmental Biography
John R. Wennersten
(Author)
Description
Part of the problem in dealing with public perceptions about Chesapeake Bay is that people think it will last forever. This obviously is not true. As oceanographer Jerry Schubel has noted, twenty thousand years ago there was no Chesapeake Bay. Since that time, there have been other beginnings and endings of other Chesapeake Bays. As we look to the future, however, we can see that increasingly the transformation of the Chesapeake will be more a human phenomenon than a work of nature.
Product Details
Price
$32.00
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society
Publish Date
January 01, 2001
Pages
288
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.28 X 1.05 inches | 1.41 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780938420750
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John R. Wennersten is Emeritus Professor of environmental history at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He is the author of Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place and Anacostia the Death and Birth of an American River.