Record details

• ISBN: 0295971436
• ISBN: 9780295971438
• Physical Description: xx, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
• Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
• Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1992.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-227) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Preface to the 1992 edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Shaping the face of the land: Indian land use in Island County -- II. The garden and the wilderness: the frontier farmer on the land -- III. A search for stability: the social and environmental consequences of market agriculture, 1860-1900 -- IV. The ox and the axe: forest economy and ecology in the Nineteenth Century -- V. The creation of a new forest: technology, ecology, and social change -- VI. Poor men on poor lands: the movement onto the logged-off lands -- VII. The urban shadow: the impact of promoters and tourists on the rural landscape -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Population methods and estimates -- Appendix B. Supplementary tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Additional Physical Form available Note:

Also issued online.

Action Note:

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Subject:

Land use > Environmental aspects > Washington (State) > Island County > History.
Island County (Wash.) > Economic conditions.
Economic history.
Land use > Environmental aspects.
Washington (State) > Island County.

Genre:

History.