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Lieu : Gonzales, Louisiana, États-Unis
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Caractéristiques de l'objet

État
Entièrement neuf: Un livre neuf, non lu, non utilisé et en parfait état, sans aucune page manquante ...
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Type
Illustrated Book
Features
HARD COVER, SIGNED, Dust Jacket
Original Language
English
Region
American Southeast
Country
USA
Subjects
Environment, Nature & Earth
Age Level
Adults
Special Attributes
Signed
Signed
Yes
Signed By
CHRISTOPHER HALLOWELL
ISBN
9780060194468
EAN
9780060194468
Book Title
Holding Back the Sea : the Struggle for America's Natural Legacy on the Gulf Coast
Item Length
9.1 in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2001
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Christopher Hallowell
Genre
Nature, Law, Science, History
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, Animals / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
19.9 Oz
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Product Information

Americans continue to coexist with nature only warily, in spite of our vaunted environmental stewardship. Nowhere is this complex relationship more visible than in the Mississippi River delta in South Louisiana, the country's largest unpreserved wetland. Here, more than three million acres of marshes and swamps nurture more seafood and produce more oil and gas than any other region of the country except Alaska. Yet this expanse of raw natural beauty, almost unknown outside the region, is in danger of collapse. New Orleans is in particular danger as sea levels rise and the city sinks, leaving tens of thousands of inhabitants to face the consequences if a horrific storm should strike. Holding Back the Sea intimately and eloquently exposes the vulnerability of this stark land that spreads along the Gulf Coast, as it literally vanishes -- at rate of twenty-five square miles per year, an area the size of Manhattan -- so starved for lack of nutrients, so eroded away by ever more severe storms, and so dredged for canals that it is on the verge of being swallowed by the rising Gulf of Mexico. Holding Back the Sea bears witness to an environmental crisis of staggering proportions that not only threatens this coast but has plunged the people who depend on it into a moral quagmire. Christopher Hallowell uses this crisis as a window through which to clearly and comprehensively examine a cultural characteristic, or flaw, that Americans have historically exhibited: the reluctance to recognize the finiteness of nature -- as much a part of this country's history as is its people's independence -- while at the same time proclaiming their devotion to it. In Louisiana, this emotional split of using while abusing threatens the entire region's economic foundations and has profound implications for the rest of the country. Louisiana is not alone; its predicament stands beside an array of environmental case studies: clear-cutting in Virginia and Tennessee, exhausting water resources in the Southwest, polluting Chesapeake Bay, filling in wetlands around San Francisco Bay and Long Island Sound, and fouling the Great Lakes. Through the varied use of narrative voice and rich description, Hallowell, a journalist, writer, and educator, brings into focus South Louisiana's dilemma through the people involved -- from engineers to politicians to scientists to fishermen -- to show both the marsh's and the people's fragility and vitality. There is no more important topic than the way we use nature and our natural resources and our willingness to defer to nature. Holding Back the Sea is at the heart of that conversation.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060194464
ISBN-13
9780060194468
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1179346

Product Key Features

Book Title
Holding Back the Sea : the Struggle for America's Natural Legacy on the Gulf Coast
Author
Christopher Hallowell
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, Animals / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Law, Science, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.1 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
19.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Qh87.3.H35 2001
Reviews
"From staggering statistics and personal glimpses into the lives and histories of locals, Hallowell crafts a coherent, engrossing narrative." -- --Publishers Weekly, From staggering statistics and personal glimpses into the lives and histories of locals, Hallowell crafts a coherent, engrossing narrative.
Copyright Date
2001
Lccn
00-143910
Dewey Decimal
333.91/8/09763
Dewey Edition
21

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