Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
- ISBN-10
- 0809034050
- ISBN-13
- 9780809034055
- Category
- Landscape changes
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- William Cronon
Description
This book offers an original and persuasive interpretation of the changing circumstances in New England's plant and animal communities that occurred with the shift from Indian to European dominance.
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