The Late, Great Lakes: An Environmental History

Name: The Late, Great Lakes: An Environmental History
Author: William Ashworth, 1942-

written by William Ashworth, 1942- (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1987, originally published 1986), 287 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: The Late, Great Lakes is a powerful indictment of man's carelessness, ignorance, and apathy toward the Great Lakes. With the longest continuous coastline in the United States, they hold one-fifth of the world's freshwater supply. Author William Ashworth presents a compelling history of the Great Lakes, from their formation in the Ice Age, to their "discovery" by Samuel de Champlian in 1615, and, finally, to their impending death in our time. Ashworth systematically deals with the wild life that once flourished in the region—beaver, salmon, whitefish, and trout—and describes the threatening elements which have displaced them—the predatory sea lamprey, the alewives, toxic waste, and volatile solids.
Field of Interest: Global Issues
Author: William Ashworth, 1942-
Content Type: General reference book
Duration: 0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Original Publication Date: 1986
Page Count: 287
Publication Year: 1987
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Place Published / Released: Detroit, MI
Subject: Global Issues, Social Sciences, Environment and Ecological Issues, The Great Lakes, Aquatic ecology, Geography, Ecology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)