Thoreau’s Country

Journey through a Transformed Landscape

David R. Foster

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$23.50 • £18.95 • €21.00

ISBN 9780674006683

Publication Date: 12/21/2001

Short

288 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

19 fine line illustrations

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Preface
Prologue: One Man’s Journal
Three Landscapes in New England History
The Cultural Landscape of New England
- Views of the Nineteenth-Century Countryside
- Daily Life
- The Farmer as Hero
- Meadows and Mowers
- Stone Walls and Other Fences
A Natural History of Woodlands
- Woodlands and Sproutlands
- Forest Land Use and Woodland Practices
- Firewood and Other Fuels
- Wildfire: A Human and Natural Force
The Coming of the New Forest
- Social Change and Farm Abandonment in New England
- The Succession of Forest Trees
Losses and Change
- Animals: From Bobolinks to Bears
- The Passenger Pigeon
- The American Chestnut
Stepping Back and Looking Ahead
- Reading Forest and Landscape History
- Landscape Change
- Insights into the Ecology and Conservation of the Land
Bibliographic Essay
Bibliography
Index

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