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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].
[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.
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- 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | GF 504 .N45 C76 2003 | 286266 | Stacks | Available | - |
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