Chesapeake gold : man & oyster on the bay /

Chesapeake gold : man & oyster on the bay /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brait, Susan, 1943-
Imprint:	Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Description:	1 online resource (160 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Fishers -- Chesapeake Bay region (Md. and Va.) Oyster culture -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Oyster fisheries -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11240042

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ISBN:	9780813158853 0813158850 1322596824 9781322596822
Notes:	English. Print version record.
Summary:	The figure of an old man poling a skiff toward shore against the evening light engaged Susan Brait to learn about Chesapeake Bay, and it is that image which opens this her book on the oystermen of the Bay and the sapping of their traditional life, and even the bounty of the Bay itself, by the demands of American society. With directness and poetic economy Brait takes the reader into the life of the Bay and into the complex relationships that affect oysters and those who make their living from them. Her account weaves easily from the daily work of oystermen to the natural forces that have shaped.
Other form:	Print version: Brait, Susan. Chesapeake Gold : Man and Oyster on the Bay. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813117164

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: Before; One: Daybreak; Two: Common Ground; Three: Beyond a State of Nature; Four: Barren Bottom; Five: Metamorphosis; Six: Webs; Seven: Lee Set; Epilogue: After; Note on Sources; Acknowledgments.