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  • COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE TO THE 1992 EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. SHAPING THE FACE OF THE LAND: Indian Land Use in Island County; II. THE GARDEN AND THE WILDERNESS: The Frontier Farmer on the Land; III. A SEARCH FOR STABILITY: The Social and Environmental Consequences of Market Agriculture, 1860-1900; IV. THE OX AND THE AXE: Forest Economy and Ecology in the Nineteenth Century; V. THE CREATION OF A NEW FOREST: Technology, Ecology, and Social Change; VI. POOR MEN ON POOR LANDS: The Movement onto the Logged-off Lands.
  • VII. THE URBAN SHADOW: The Impact of Promoters and Tourists on the Rural LandscapeCONCLUSION; APPENDIX A. Population Methods and Estimates; APPENDIX B. Supplementary Tables; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.