Foreword
Preface to the 1999 Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Shaping the Face of the Land
The Garden and the Wilderness
A Search for Stability
The Ox and the Axe
The Creation of a New Forest
Poor Men on Poor Lands
The Urban Shadow
Conclusion
Appendix A: Population Methods and Estimates
Appendix B: Supplementary tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index
"An example of environmental history at its best. . . . A fresh
appraisal of human contact with the environment, with special
attention to the apparent motives of each wave of
settlement—Indians, farmers, loggers, tourists and sportsmen—and
the consequences of that settlement."
*Journal of the West*
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