Gateway to the Atlantic world : Cape Lookout National Seashore historic resource study

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Creator: prepared for Organization of American Historians under cooperative agreement with Southeast Region, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior ; David E. Whisnant Ph. D., Anne Mitchell Whisnant, Ph. D
Format: Books
Language: English
Contributors: Whisnant, David E., 1938-

Whisnant, Anne Mitchell

Organization of American Historians

United States. National Park Service. Southeast Regional Office. Cultural Resources Division
Publication: Atlanta, Georgia : Cultural Resources Division, Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service, 2015
Physical Details: xvi, 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
OCLC: ocn946954203, ocn946945061

Executive summary -- An overview of previous cultural resource studies at Cape Lookout National Seashore and some new analytical possibilities -- To and from the most remarkable places : the communities of Ocracoke Inlet as North Carolina's gateway to an Atlantic world -- Restless and storm-battered ribbons of sand : hurricanes and inlets -- An eye for the possible : maritime (and other) economic activities on the southern Banks -- At the sea's edge : slavery, race and class in a maritime world -- The government presence : revenue cutters, lighthouses, life-savers, coast guardsmen, new dealers, and others -- From regulators to aviators : wars and the southern Banks -- Down East, far West, and Hoi Toide : thinking about culture and the Outer Banks -- Outer Banks tourism and the coming of Cape Lookout Naitonal Seashore -- Management, interpretive, and research recommendations -- Bibliography -- Repositories and collections consulted -- Appendicies

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