| Main Title |
Changes in the land : Indians, colonists, and the ecology of New England / |
| Author |
Cronon, William,
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| Publisher |
Hill and Wang, |
| Year Published |
1983 |
| OCLC Number |
09413569 |
| ISBN |
0809034050; 9780809034055; 0809001586; 9780809001583 |
| Subjects |
Nature--Effect of human beings on--New England--History ;
Landscape changes--New England--History ;
New England--History--Colonial period, ca 1600-1775 ;
Kolonisation ;
eOkologie ;
Neuengland ;
Antropologia Cult Social ;
Historia Dos Estados Unidos ;
New England--History--Colonial Period, 1600-1775 ;
Nature--Effets de l'homme--Etats-Unis--Nouvelle-Angleterre (Etats-Unis) ;
Nouvelle-Angleterre (Etats-Unis)--1600-1775 (Periode coloniale) ;
Man--Influence on nature--New England--History
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBM |
GF504.N45C76 1983 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
05/04/1990 |
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| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Collation |
x, 241 pages ; 22 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-235) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
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. An ecological history of colonial New England, looking at how the shift from Indian to European dominance affected the plant and animal communities of the region. |
