Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
Author: William Cronon
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 aut….Read More
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