This manual pertains to "The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea," authored by Jack E. Davis and published by Liveright on March 14, 2017. This work offers a comprehensive historical examination of the Gulf of Mexico, detailing its intricate environmental and political relationship with the United States. It chronicles the region's transformation from a flourishing ecosystem into what the author describes as a "national sacrifice zone." The book has received significant critical acclaim, including the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History, the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, and recognition as a New York Times Notable Book of 2017.
This EPUB edition, presented in English, comprises 448 pages and serves as an in-depth resource for understanding the complex interplay of nature, economics, and conservation within the Gulf of Mexico. It delves into themes of environmental history, American economic history, and conservation efforts. The manual is designed to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the historical forces that have shaped this vital American sea, offering insights into its ecological past and its present challenges.
Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History
Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
A National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
One of the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year
In this “cri de coeur about the Gulf’s environmental ruin” (New York Times), “Davis has written a beautiful homage to a neglected sea” (front page, New York Times Book Review).
Hailed as a “nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond’s best-seller
Collapse, and Simon Winchester’s
Atlantic” (
Dallas Morning News), Jack E. Davis’s
The Gulf is “by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares about the future of ‘America’s Sea’ ” (
Wall Street Journal). Illuminating America’s political and economic relationship with the environment from the age of the conquistadors to the present, Davis demonstrates how the Gulf’s fruitful ecosystems and exceptional beauty empowered a growing nation. Filled with vivid, untold stories from the sportfish that launched Gulfside vacationing to Hollywood’s role in the country’s first offshore oil wells, this “vast and welltold story shows how we made the Gulf . . . [into] a ‘national sacrifice zone’ ” (Bill McKibben). The first and only study of its kind, The Gulf offers “a unique and illuminating history of the American Southern coast and sea as it should be written” (Edward O. Wilson).
Author: Davis, Jack E.
Publisher: Liveright
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Pages: 00448 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2017-03-14
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781631494024
Category: Nature : Ecosystems & Habitats - Coastal Regions & Shoreline
Category: History : United States - State & Local - South
Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History
Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
A National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
One of the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year
In this “cri de coeur about the Gulf’s environmental ruin” (New York Times), “Davis has written a beautiful homage to a neglected sea” (front page, New York Times Book Review).
Hailed as a “nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond’s best-seller
Collapse, and Simon Winchester’s
Atlantic” (
Dallas Morning News), Jack E. Davis’s
The Gulf is “by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares about the future of ‘America’s Sea’ ” (
Wall Street Journal). Illuminating America’s political and economic relationship with the environment from the age of the conquistadors to the present, Davis demonstrates how the Gulf’s fruitful ecosystems and exceptional beauty empowered a growing nation. Filled with vivid, untold stories from the sportfish that launched Gulfside vacationing to Hollywood’s role in the country’s first offshore oil wells, this “vast and welltold story shows how we made the Gulf . . . [into] a ‘national sacrifice zone’ ” (Bill McKibben). The first and only study of its kind, The Gulf offers “a unique and illuminating history of the American Southern coast and sea as it should be written” (Edward O. Wilson).
Author: Davis, Jack E.
Publisher: Liveright
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Pages: 00448 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2017-03-14
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781631494024
Category: Nature : Ecosystems & Habitats - Coastal Regions & Shoreline
Category: History : United States - State & Local - South
