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Pompe, Jeffrey J., 1951-

Altered environments : the Outer Banks of North Carolina / text by Jeffrey Pompe ; photographs by Kathleen Pompe. - Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 153 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographies and index.

A place created by change -- Change by nature -- Change by humankind -- Understanding the "sea of troubles" facing coastal communities -- Attempts at controlling change by nature -- Living with change in coastal communities -- Time and change -- An apprenticeship with change.

An illustrated history of how natural and human forces have shaped the development of a coastal community.



ISBN: 9781611172140

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landscape changes--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks
Natural history--North Carolina--Outer Banks.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks
Coastal ecology--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks
Human ecology--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks
Social change--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks

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Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: GE155 / .A484 2010