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BL
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1023122
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b777492
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| Main Entry
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Dean, Cornelia.
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| Title & Author
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Against the tide : : the battle for America's beaches /\ Cornelia Dean.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, ©1999.
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xiv, 279 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0231084188
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: 9780231084185
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.
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| Contents
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September, remember -- The great beach -- Armor -- Unkind cuts -- Unnatural appetite -- Cause and effect -- The big one -- Clues -- Constituency of ignorance -- For sale.
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| Abstract
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"Against the Tide offers a passionate yet evenhanded account of the crisis facing America's beaches - and what we must do to protect them." "With harrowing accounts of natural disasters, lucid explanations of the physics of the beach and coastal ecology, reports of unwise construction, and a clear-eyed elucidation of public policy and conservation issues, this book illustrates in rich detail the conflicting interests, short-term responses, and long-term imperatives that will shape the future of the American coast."--Jacket.
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Beach erosion-- United States.
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Coast changes-- United States.
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Coastal zone management-- United States.
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Beach erosion.
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Coast changes.
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Coastal zone management.
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Küstenschutz
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.91/715/0973
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| LC Classification
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GB460.A2D4 1999
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| NLM classification
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333.91 D281a
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