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Managing the river commons : fishing and New England's rural economy /

"New England once hosted large numbers of anadromous fish, which migrate between rivers and the sea. Salmon, shad, and alewives served a variety of functions within the region's preindustrial landscape, furnishing not only maritime areas but also agricultural communities with an important...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reardon, Erik (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Series:Environmental history of the northeast
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. One Channels and Flows
  • ch. Two Colonial Encounters Indigenous and European River Traditions
  • ch. Three Farmer and Fisherman
  • ch. Four Complications in the Commons
  • ch. Five "From time immemorial" Closing the Commons
  • ch. Six Rivers Restored.