{"product_id":"9780809016341","title":"Changes in the Land, Revised Edition : Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eChanges in the Land, Revised Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): William Cronon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book that launched environmental history now updated. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Francis Parkman Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England.  Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos, \u003ci\u003eChanges in the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land and people influence one another. With its chilling closing line, \"The people of plenty were a people of waste,\" Cronon's enduring and thought-provoking book is ethno-ecological history at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eChanges in the Land \u003c\/i\u003eexemplifies, and realizes, the promise of ecological history with stunning effect. Setting his sights squarely on the well-worn terrain of colonial New England, [Cronon] fashions a story that is fresh, ingenious, compelling and altogether important. His approach is at once vividly descriptive and profoundly analytic.” —\u003ci\u003eJohn Demos, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A superb achievement: Cronon has changed the terms of historical discourse regarding colonial New England.” —\u003ci\u003eWilcomb E. Washburn, director of the Office of American Studies, Smithsonian Institution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A cogent, sophisticated, and balanced study of Indian-white contact. Gracefully written, subtly argued, and well informed, it is a work whose implications extend far beyond colonial New England.” —\u003ci\u003eRichard White, Michigan State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is ethno-ecological history at its best . . . American colonial history will never be the same after this path-breaking, exciting book.” —\u003ci\u003eWilbur R. Jacobs, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant performance, from which all students of early American history will profit.” —\u003ci\u003eEdmund S. Morgan, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780809016341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Hill and Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593102700750,"sku":"9780809016341","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4181a45d-0681-4498-8389-5f240dc7f307.jpg?v=1637781469","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780809016341","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}