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Sightseeking
Author | : Christopher J. Lenney |
Publsiher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Historic sites |
ISBN | : 1584654635 |
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A startlingly original synthesis of keen observation and interpretive skill that will transform one s understanding of New England s man-made landscape"
A Landscape History of New England
Author | : Blake A. Harrison,Richard William Judd |
Publsiher | : Mit Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0262525275 |
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This book takes a view of New England's landscapes that goes beyond picture postcard-ready vistas of white-steepled churches, open pastures, and tree-covered mountains. Its chapters describe, for example, the Native American presence in the Maine Woods; offer a history of agriculture told through stone walls, woodlands, and farm buildings; report on the fragile ecology of tourist-friendly Cape Cod beaches; and reveal the ethnic stereotypes informing Colonial Revivalism. Taken together, they offer a wide-ranging history of New England's diverse landscapes, stretching across two centuries. The book shows that all New England landscapes are the products of human agency as well as nature. The authors trace the roles that work, recreation, historic preservation, conservation, and environmentalism have played in shaping the region, and they highlight the diversity of historical actors who have transformed both its meaning and its physical form. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, environmental studies, literature, art history, and historic preservation, the book provides fresh perspectives on New England's many landscapes: forests, mountains, farms, coasts, industrial areas, villages, towns, and cities. Illustrated, and with many archival photographs, it offers readers a solid historical foundation for understanding the great variety of places that make up New England.
Reading the Forested Landscape
Author | : Tom Wessels |
Publsiher | : Nature |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0881504203 |
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Chronicles the forest in New England from the Ice Age to current challenges
Changes in the Land
Author | : William Cronon |
Publsiher | : Hill and Wang |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781429928281 |
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The book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land, now revised and 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 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.
New England Landscape History in American Poetry
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Cambria Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781621968641 |
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Second Nature
Author | : Richard William Judd |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Human ecology |
ISBN | : 1625341016 |
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8. Conserving Urban Ecologies -- 9. Saving Second Nature -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover
New England Forests Through Time
Author | : David R. Foster,John F. O'Keefe |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Forest |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : UOM:39015050252413 |
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Over the past three hundred years New England's landscape has been transformed. The forests were cleared; the land was farmed intensively through the mid-nineteenth century and then was allowed to reforest naturally as agriculture shifted west. Today, in many ways the region is more natural than at any time since the American Revolution. This fascinating natural history is essential background for anyone interested in New England's ecology, wildlife, or landscape. In New England Forests through Time these historical and environmental lessons are told through the world-renowned dioramas in Harvard's Fisher Museum. These remarkable models have introduced New England's landscape to countless visitors and have appeared in many ecology, forestry, and natural history texts. This first book based on the dioramas conveys the phenomenal history of the land, the beauty of the models, and new insights into nature.
The Traprock Landscapes of New England
Author | : Peter M. LeTourneau,Robert Pagini |
Publsiher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-01-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780819576835 |
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Stunning photography and fact-filled text reveal new perspectives on southern New England's most unique natural region. A picturesque journey through the traprock highlands from New Haven, Connecticut to Amherst, Massachusetts, this book captures the majesty of wild windswept cliffs, panoramic summit vistas, and intimate details of the natural world through the eyes of an artist and the mind of a scientist. By tracing the influence of natural history on cultural development in the Connecticut Valley, the authors present a compelling argument that the rocky highlands are landscapes of national significance, where the particular combination of geology, geography, water resources, climate, and human settlement fostered vital developments in Early American science, education, agriculture, manufacturing, technology, and the creative arts. Through vibrant color photographs of high alpine crags and lush forests, thundering waterfalls and splashing cascades, and close-up views of the rocks, flowers, and birds, The Traprock Landscapes of New England presents the incomparable beauty of the region as never before. Overflowing with information, long-time fans, first-time visitors, nature lovers, rock climbers, history buffs, land use managers, and many others will find plenty to satisfy in the detailed text and captions, crisp photos, historical images, informative maps, and more. Showcasing popular locales, and revealing “secret spots,” this must-have resource will encourage old friends and newcomers alike to visit the rugged crags once called “the boldest and most beautiful” landscapes in New England.