Contents
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| | Part I. Historical Overview: Topics and Themes | 1 |
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| | Chapter 1. The American Environment and Native-European
Encounters, 1000–1875 | 3 |
| The Physical Environment and Natural Resources 3 | | Native Americans and the Land 4 | | Pueblo Indians and the Southwest 6 | | The Pueblo Indians and Spanish Settlement of the Southwest 9 | | Micmac Indians and French Settlement in the Northeast 11 | | Plains Indians and the Westward Movement 14 | | The European Transformation of the Plains 18 | | The Ecological Indian 20 | | Conclusion 21 |
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| | Chapter 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600–1850 | 24 |
| The New England Forest and Indian Land Use 24 | | The Settlement of New England 25 | | Colonial Land Use 27 | | Marketing the Forest 28 | | The Forest Economy 31 | | Mind, Labor, and Nature 33 |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History.
Contributors: Carolyn Merchant - Author.
Publisher: Columbia University Press.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2002.
Page number: v.
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