Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Paperback - William Cronon

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William CrononForeword by: John DemosAfterword by: William CrononThe book that launched environmental history now updated. ...

Reducere. DescriptionA fascinating history of a contested frontier, where struggles over landownership brought Native Americans and English colonists togethe...

Reducere. In Brethren by Nature, Margaret Ellen Newell reveals a little-known aspect of American history: English colonists in New England enslaved thousands...

Reducere. W. Deloss love's biography of Samson Occom is a work of in time. Long out of print, this classic account reveals one of the most unusual actors to ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this book, Timothy Silver traces the effects of English settlement on South Atlantic ecology, showing how all three cultures--Indian,...

The impact of global trade on early American visual and material culturePublisher: University Press of New EnglandIllustration(s): 136 illus. (27 c...

Reducere. Ghost Stories from America's first colonies have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery New England's haunted Yankee history comes to life-...

"I've adored Sarah Chase's cookbooks for decadesThis is exactly what you want to cook at home--delicious, satisfying, earthy food your friends and ...

DescriptionAn exploration of the production, transmission, and mutation of affective tonality--when sound helps produce a bad vibe.Sound can be dep...

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Reducere. During the brutal and destructive King Philip's War, the New England Indians combined new European weaponry with their traditional use of stealth, ...

Reducere. The Ecology of Herbal Medicine introduces botanical medicine through an in-depth exploration of the land, presenting a unique guide to plants found...

Reducere. Peter J. Marchand's Life in the Cold remains the one book that offers a comprehensive picture of the interactions of plants and animals--including ...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Brian MassumiIllustration(s): 21Number of pages: 224Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 143 x 216 ...

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Reducere. This book examines how the Wamapanoag Indians' adoption of Christianity and other selective borrowing from English culture contributed to Indian/En...

Reducere. God is the Creator of all and cares deeply for all that he has made. His vision for creation is seen through a world teeming with life where eterni...

Reducere. DescriptionThe tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth centu...

The problem is that we haven't learned to live responsibly in nature. The environmentalist aim of legislating humans out of the wilderness is no so...

Reducere. Along the rustic byways and in the ancient buildings of historic New England, ghosts and haunted places abound. Susan Smitten has collected some of...

Reducere. This book examines and encourages the increasing involvement of those in the social sciences, including social work, as well as everyday citizens, ...

Reducere. Written from an Indian perspective, this text provides a history of the Lumbee Indians of southwestern North Carolina. Sections cover: the colonial...

Reducere. DescriptionFocusing on the Connecticut River Valley--New England's longest river and largest watershed-- Strother Roberts traces the local, regiona...

Reducere. Written between 1824 and 1827 by an English Protestant, "A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland" has been reprinted many ti...

One of the largest estuaries on the North Atlantic coast, Narragansett Bay served as a gateway for colonial expansion in the seventeenth century an...

Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and ...

Reducere. "Land of Nakoda" is a vivid account of the history, legends, customs, crafts, and ceremonies of the Assiniboine Indians of the northern plains. Fir...

Reducere. This beautifully presented book offers an informed and fascinating account of the eighteen major tribes that lived in pre-colonial New England. Eac...

Reducere. DescriptionHedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly reco...

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In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ec...

The Belles of New England is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's te...

Reducere. What are the Kushtaka? There are incredible stories of the sinister Kushtaka or "land otter man" as it is known by the Tlingit's all throughout Sou...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Didi PershouseIllustrator: Peter DonovanWhat can Cuban doctors, innovative ranchers in Saskatchewan, and the microbiome tea...

Together, the eastern counties of Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk have a tradition of f...

Reducere. DescriptionA provocative essay that imagines a truly ecological future based on political transformation rather than the superficialities of "susta...

PIRATES AND THEIR TREASURE IN NEW ENGLAND AND ON CAPE COD. Who were they and why were they here? The Golden Age on Cape Cod in New England was betw...

This edited volume engages with some of the most dynamic themes in current research on East Asian environmental history, including agricultural sci...

Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, Paperback