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Tables of Contents for A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
x
Preface
xv
Prologue
1
8
Dennis Roars Ashore
A Beneficial Catastrophe
9
18
The Global Picture
27
236
The American Barrier Island Scene
Hot Dogs and Drumsticks
53
36
Barrier Islands and Human Realities
Awash in Politics
89
24
Delta Barrier Islands
That Sinking Feeling
113
28
Colombia's Pacific Islands
A Sinking Tropical Paradise
141
18
The Carbonate Islands
Tropical Permafrost
159
24
Lagoon Barriers
The Quiet Ones
183
22
The Icelandic Islands
Of Fire and Ice
205
16
Arctic Islands
The Cold and Dark Ones
221
22
False Islands
Things Aren't What They Seem to Be
243
20
Requiem for Some Friends
263
20
Glossary of Terms
283
6
References Cited
289
8
Appendix
297
6
Table 1. Global Barrier Islands
297
3
Table 2. Barrier Island Types
300
1
Table 3. Arctic Barrier Islands
301
1
Table 4. Endangered Species
301
2
Index
303