Colonial ecology, Atlantic economy : transforming nature in early New England /

Focusing on the Connecticut River Valley--New England's longest river and largest watershed-- Strother Roberts traces the local, regional, and transatlantic markets in colonial commodities that shaped an ecological transformation in one corner of the rapidly globalizing early modern world. Reac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roberts, Strother E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
New England > History.
Connecticut River > History.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Connecticut (Fleuve) > Histoire.
New England
United States > Connecticut River
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hunting beaver: the postdiluvian world of the fur trade
  • Raising crops: feeding the market
  • Gathering firewood: scarcity amid abundance
  • Felling timber: profits and politics
  • Keeping livestock: a commerce in beasts domestic and wild

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