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19 produkter
Battles of the North Country
Wilderness Politics and Recreational Development in the Adirondack State Park, 1920-1980
Häftad, 2018
409 kr
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The Adirondack region is trapped in a cycle of conflict. Nature lovers advocate for the preservation of wilderness, while sports enthusiasts demand infrastructure for recreation. Local residents seek economic opportunities, while environmentalists fight industrial or real estate growth. These …
Breaking the Banks
Representations and Realities in New England Fisheries, 1866-1966
Häftad, 2018
435 kr
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With skillful storytelling, Matthew McKenzie weaves together the industrial, cultural, political, and ecological history of New England's fisheries through the story of how the Boston haddock fleet - one of the region's largest and most heavily industrialized - rose, flourished, and then fished …
Aquatic Frontier
Oysters and Aquaculture in the Progressive Era
Häftad, 2019
366 kr
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Although few remember their former significance, oysters were one of the largest U.S. fisheries at their peak in the late nineteenth century. As the fishery industrialized on-and offshore, oyster farms and canning factories spread along the Eastern Seaboard, with overharvesting becoming …
From the Mountains to the Sea
Protecting Nature in Postwar New Hampshire
Häftad, 2020
366 kr
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In the face of increasing pressures from business and government in the decades following World War II, New Hampshire residents banded together to preserve their most prized natural areas and defining geological features. From the Mountains to the Sea explores how history, memory, and tradition …
Prison in the Woods
Environment and Incarceration in New York's North Country
Av Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr.
Inbunden, 2020
1042 kr
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Since the mid-nineteenth century, Americans have known the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York as a site of industrial production, a place to heal from disease, and a sprawling outdoor playground that must be preserved in its wild state. Less well known, however, has been the area's role in …
Prison in the Woods
Environment and Incarceration in New York's North Country
Häftad, 2020
395 kr
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Since the mid-nineteenth century, Americans have known the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York as a site of industrial production, a place to heal from disease, and a sprawling outdoor playground that must be preserved in its wild state. Less well known, however, has been the area's role in …
Managing the River Commons
Fishing and New England's Rural Economy
Av Erik Reardon
Häftad, 2021
356 kr
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New England once hosted large numbers of anadromous fish, which migrate between rivers and the sea. Salmon, shad, and alewives served a variety of functions within the region's preindustrial landscape, furnishing not only maritime areas but also agricultural communities with an important source of …
Urban Archipelago
An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands
Inbunden, 2021
1042 kr
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The Boston Harbor Islands have been called Boston's "hidden shores." While some are ragged rocks teeming with coastal wildlife, such as oystercatchers and harbor seals, others resemble manicured parks or have the appearance of wooded hills rising gently out of the water. Largely ignored by …
Urban Archipelago
An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands
Häftad, 2021
366 kr
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The Boston Harbor Islands have been called Boston's "hidden shores." While some are ragged rocks teeming with coastal wildlife, such as oystercatchers and harbor seals, others resemble manicured parks or have the appearance of wooded hills rising gently out of the water. Largely ignored by …
Democratic Spaces
Land Preservation in New England, 1850–2010
Häftad, 2023
366 kr
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A contemporary map of New England, scaled to the township level, brings to light a dense pattern of protected areas ringing almost every town and city in the region. Big and small, rural and urban, these green spaces represent more than a century of preservation efforts on the part of philanthropic …
Democratic Spaces
Land Preservation in New England, 1850–2010
Inbunden, 2023
1142 kr
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A contemporary map of New England, scaled to the township level, brings to light a dense pattern of protected areas ringing almost every town and city in the region. Big and small, rural and urban, these green spaces represent more than a century of preservation efforts on the part of philanthropic …
Hill Farms
Surviving Modern Times in Early Twentieth-Century Vermont
Av Dona Brown
Häftad, 2025
395 kr
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There is a stubborn myth that has persisted for almost two centuries: the narrative of the abandoned farm in the rural American northeast. In Hill Farms, historian Dona Brown confronts this myth of rural decline with a focus on Jamaica, Vermont, a small town in the hills west of Brattleboro. …
Hill Farms
Surviving Modern Times in Early Twentieth-Century Vermont
Av Dona Brown
Inbunden, 2025
1142 kr
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There is a stubborn myth that has persisted for almost two centuries: the narrative of the abandoned farm in the rural American northeast. In Hill Farms, historian Dona Brown confronts this myth of rural decline with a focus on Jamaica, Vermont, a small town in the hills west of Brattleboro. …
Defending a Borderland
Canadian and American Environmental Activism in the St. Lawrence Valley
Häftad, 2026
395 kr
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Tracing grassroots activism in response to a devastating transnational oil spill On the morning of June 23, 1976, the NEPCO 140 barge, carrying 8.7 million gallons of thick crude oil, ruptured twice while plying the swift straits of the St. Lawrence River’s Thousand Islands region. Before the spill …
Defending a Borderland
Canadian and American Environmental Activism in the St. Lawrence Valley
Inbunden, 2026
1142 kr
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Tracing grassroots activism in response to a devastating transnational oil spillOn the morning of June 23, 1976, the NEPCO 140 barge, carrying 8.7 million gallons of thick crude oil, ruptured twice while plying the swift straits of the St. Lawrence River’s Thousand Islands region. Before the spill …
Get Plum Island!
Place and Politics in Massachusetts's Ten-Year Fight Over the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Häftad, 2026
603 kr
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An environmental history of resistance, negotiation, and conservation on the Massachusetts coastAn hour north of Boston, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge occupies the southern three-quarters of Plum Island, a barrier island off the Massachusetts coast. Parker River is a nationally renowned …
Get Plum Island!
Place and Politics in Massachusetts's Ten-Year Fight Over the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Inbunden, 2026
1142 kr
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An environmental history of resistance, negotiation, and conservation on the Massachusetts coastAn hour north of Boston, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge occupies the southern three-quarters of Plum Island, a barrier island off the Massachusetts coast. Parker River is a nationally renowned …
Second Nature
An Environmental History of New England
Häftad, 2014
366 kr
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Bounded by the St. Lawrence Valley to the north, Lake Champlain to the west, and the Gulf of Maine to the east, New England may be the most cohesive region in the United States, with a long and richly recorded history. In this book, Richard W. Judd explores the mix of ecological process and human …
From the Mountains to the Sea
Protecting Nature in Postwar New Hampshire
Inbunden, 2020
1042 kr
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In the face of increasing pressures from business and government in the decades following World War II, New Hampshire residents banded together to preserve their most prized natural areas and defining geological features. From the Mountains to the Sea explores how history, memory, and tradition …
