Title: Land use in early New Jersey : a historical geography /
Authors: Wacker, Peter O., 1936-; Clemens, Paul G. E., 1947-
Publisher: New Jersey Historical Society,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Land use, Rural New Jersey History; Agriculture Economic aspects New Jersey History; New Jersey Historical geography.
Contents: Rural Culture and the Farm Economy in Late Eighteenth-Century New Jersey / Paul G. E. Clemens -- Ch. 1. Exploiting the Natural Environment -- Ch. 2. Landholding, Labor, and Farm Types -- Ch. 3. Drainage, Irrigation, and Soil Enhancement -- Ch. 4. The Cultivation of Crops -- Ch. 5. Grasses, Livestock, Fowl, and Bees -- Ch. 6. Regional Diversity and Change through Time: The Evidence from Account Books and Tax Lists -- Ch. 7. The Seasonal Round of Agricultural Land Use -- Afterword: Material Culture and the Rural Economy: Burlington County, New Jersey, 1760-1820 / Paul G. E. Clemens.