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Libro 6 de 6: Environmental History of the Northeast

Reardon, Erik

 
9781625345844: Managing the River Commons: Fishing and New England's Rural Economy (Environmental History of the Northeast)
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ISBN 10: 1625345844 ISBN 13: 9781625345844
Editorial: University of Massachusetts Press, 2021

Sinopsis

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 source of nutrition and a valued article of rural exchange. 

Historian Erik Reardon argues that to protect these fish, New England's farmer-fishermen pushed for conservation measures to limit commercial fishing and industrial uses of the river. Beginning in the colonial period and continuing to the mid-nineteenth century, they advocated for fishing regulations to promote sustainable returns, compelled local millers to open their dams during seasonal fish runs, and defeated corporate proposals to erect large-scale dams. As environmentalists work to restore rivers in New England and beyond in the present day, Managing the River Commons offers important lessons about historical conservation efforts that can help guide current campaigns to remove dams and allow anadromous fish to reclaim these waters.

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Erik Reardon is visiting assistant professor of history at Bates College.

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Editorial
University of Massachusetts Press
Año de publicación
2021
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ISBN 10 
1625345844
ISBN 13 
9781625345844
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192
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