In The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett masterfully crafts a collection of interlinked narratives set in the fictional coastal town of Dunnet Landing Maine. Through her richly evocative prose and keen attention to the nuances of rural life Jewett explor... Lees meer.

This book examines a wide range of innovative approaches for coastal wetlands restoration and explains how we should use use both academic research and practitioners findings to influence learning practice policy and social change.... Lees meer.

Until now Civil War scholars considered Bright and the Union incursion that culminated in his gruesome death as only a historical footnote. In Executing Daniel Bright Barton Myers uses these events as a window into the wider experience of local guerrilla conflict in N... Lees meer.

On December 18 1863 just north of Elizabeth City in rural northeastern North Carolina a large group of white Union officers and black enlisted troops under the command of Brigadier General Edward Augustus Wild executed a local citizen for his involvement in an irregu... Lees meer.

This book addresses a timely and compelling emerging issue related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources and the sustainable development of the coastal community. Marine protected areas MPAs make a remarkable contribution to the protection of mar... Lees meer.

In Silas Bradford s Boy Joseph C. Lincoln delivers a poignant and richly textured narrative that captures the essence of small-town life in early 20th-century New England. The story revolves around the titular character Silas Bradford and his son weaving a tapestry... Lees meer.

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Major disaster events over the last decade has reignited the concept of community resilience CCR and in particular coastal CR CCR . A community s resilience to natural hazards is manifested in its ability to prepare for impending hazards recover from resulting disas... Lees meer.

Combining personal narrative and ethnography Identity Development and the Politics of the Past examines cultural change in a rural Ecuadorian fishing village where the community has worked to stake claim to an Indigenous identity in the face of economic social and... Lees meer.

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In 1812. A Tale of Cape Cod Michael Fitzgerald intricately weaves a historical narrative that transports readers to a pivotal year in American history encapsulating the turbulent tensions of the War of 1812 through the lens of life on Cape Cod. Utilizing a rich tape... Lees meer.

Offers a glimpse of the future of vanishing shorelines in America in the age of climate change where the wealthy will be able to remain the longest while the poor will be forced to leave. Journalist Andrew Lewis chronicles the struggle of his New Jersey hometown to reb... Lees meer.

This book addresses a timely and compelling emerging issue related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources and the sustainable development of the coastal community. This book addresses a timely and compelling emerging issue related to the conservati... Lees meer.

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Bangladesh is vulnerable to climate change related hazards mainly due to her geographic location. The objective of this paper is to assess climate change hazards in the study area to explore climate change hazards related risks or impacts of poor people living in that... Lees meer.