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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea

The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea Paperback / softback - 2018

by Jack E. Davis

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Paperback / softback. New. Hailed as a "nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond's best-seller Collapse, and Simon Winchester's Atlantic" (Dallas Morning News), Jack E. Davis's The Gulf is "by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares about the future of 'America's Sea' " (Wall Street Journal). Illuminating America's political and economic relationship with the environment from the age of the conquistadors to the present, Davis demonstrates how the Gulf's fruitful ecosystems and exceptional beauty empowered a growing nation. Filled with vivid, untold stories from the sportfish that launched Gulfside vacationing to Hollywood's role in the country's first offshore oil wells, this "vast and welltold story shows how we made the Gulf . . . [into] a 'national sacrifice zone' " (Bill McKibben). The first and only study of its kind, The Gulf offers "a unique and illuminating history of the American Southern coast and sea as it should be written" (Edward O. Wilson).
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  • Title The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
  • Author Jack E. Davis
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 608
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liveright Publishing Corporation
  • Date 2018-03-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781631494024
  • ISBN 9781631494024 / 1631494023
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.6 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 4.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Mexico, Gulf of - History, Nature - Effect of human beings on - Mexico,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016051692
  • Dewey Decimal Code 909.096

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