From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain: A History of Environmental Change in Temperate North America from 1500 to the Present Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain: A History of Environmental Change in Temperate North America from 1500 to the Present Book

This book documents the making of the American landscape following European settlement in the sixteenth century. From coastal wilderness to fruited plain is an account of the transformation of 'virgin' forest and grassland into the managed agro- and urban ecosystems of today by native Americans, trappers, farmers, engineers and lumbermen. The degree to which the activities of these groups altered the soil, climate, plant and animal communities and water cycle are evaluated, and the sustainability of present-day ecosystems brought into question.Read More

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    From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of the American landscape following European settlement. It starts with "virgin" forests and grasslands of the central and northeastern United States, and successively documents the clearance and fragmentation of the region's woodlands, the harvest of the forest and its game, the plowing of prairies and the draining of wetlands. The Native American, the trapper, the farmer and the lumberman all benefited from the land and its resources; the degree to which their activities altered the soil, the climate, the natural plant and animal communities, and the water cycle is examined here.

  • 052157658X
  • 9780521576581
  • Gordon G. Whitney
  • 29 August 1996
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 488
  • New Ed
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