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From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain: A History of Environmental Change in Temperate North America from 1500 to the Present Hardcover - 1994

by Gordon G. Whitney


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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.

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From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of a large part of the American landscape following European settlement. Drawing upon land surveys records and early travelers' accounts, Dr Whitney reconstructs the 'virgin' forests and grasslands of the northeastern and central United States during the presettlement period. He then documents successively 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, climate, flora, fauna and water cycles of the region, and in the process gave rise to modern forest, farm and urban ecosystems, forms the core of the book. This well-illustrated and referenced work should be of interest to all those concerned about the sustainability of ecosystems, and the imprint of the past on the contemporary landscape.

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  • Title From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain: A History of Environmental Change in Temperate North America from 1500 to the Present
  • Author Gordon G. Whitney
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 488
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, CAMBRIDGE, MA
  • Date 1994-09-08
  • ISBN 9780521394529 / 052139452X
  • Weight 2.08 lbs (0.94 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.23 x 1.16 in (23.67 x 15.82 x 2.95 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Landscape changes - United States - History, Nature - Effect of human beings on - United
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93029701
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.731
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