The book that launched environmental history now updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman PrizeIn this landmark work of environmental history; William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos; Changes in the Land; provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land and people influence one another. With its chilling closing line; "The people of plenty were a people of waste;" Cronon's enduring and thought-provoking book is ethno-ecological history at its best.
#1343715 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 2009-11-01 2009-11-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.20 x .63 x 6.10l; .85 #File Name: 0807859826256 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Thank God for progress in our society; for the worth of blacks and women.By KAAREN MONTGOMERYThis book is a very interesting glimpse into history from a free black women's point of view. You also get a feeling that a women's importance; at that time; was to be beautiful; speak several languages; and not much else.
