Changes in the Land
Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
Recommended by Matt Garcia, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #32 in Ecology, Ranked #34 in Native American History — see more rankings.
The book that launched environmental history now updated.
Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize
In 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... more
Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize
In 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... more
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Matt Garcia Many see Cronon’s book as ecological studies or environmental history. But what I see is his study of the consequences of raising livestock on the land, the consequences of extracting food from a place . . . in this first book, he also makes clear that livestock agricultural practices, food production practices, have consequences. (Source)
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Changes in the Land is ranked in the following categories:
- #53 in Environmental Science
- #52 in Environmental Studies
- #67 in Landscape
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