Table of Contents

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

Reviews

"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*