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Changes in the land : Indians, colonists, and the ecology of New England / William Cronon ; [with a foreword by John Demos and an afterword by the author].

Cronon, William. (Author). Demos, John. (Added Author).

Summary:

[This book offers an] interpretation of the changing circumstances in New England's plant and animal communities that occurred with the shift from Indian to European dominance. [In the book, the author] constructs [an] interdisciplinary analysis of how the land and the people influenced one another, and how that complex web of relationships shaped New England's communities.-Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0809016346
  • ISBN: 9780809016341
  • Physical Description: xviii, 257 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st rev. ed., 20th-anniversary ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Hill and Wang, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-251) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Looking backward. The view from Walden -- Part II. The ecological transformation of colonial New England. Landscape and patchwork ; Seasons of want and plenty ; Bounding the land ; Commodities of the hunt ; Taking the forest ; A world of fields and fences -- Part III. Harvests of change. That wilderness should turn a mart -- Afterword: The book that almost wasn't.
Awards Note:
Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize, 1984.

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Subject:
Nature > Effect of human beings on > New England > History.
Landscape changes > New England > History.
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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