Changes in the Land, Revised Edition: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
- ISBN-10
- 0809016346
- ISBN-13
- 9780809016341
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-09
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- William Cronon
Description
[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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