A Landscape History of New England
"All who know and love New England will find something new in this fascinating book, whose authors probe beyond the stereotypes to discover its landscape's many stories."--Anne Whiston Spirn, author ofThe Language of Landscape"Each of these finely honed essays offers fresh insight into iconic landscapes we thought we knew. The authors explain the changing meaning of emblematic structures, views, and places, as a craftsman might open the back of a pocket watch to reveal its inner workings. A great read for professionals, students, or anyone who loves New England."--Anne Knowles, Geography Department, Middlebury College"This volume takes the history of human activity in the intensively built and rebuilt environments of some of America's oldest European settlements and puts it back into the story. It is an excellent work of scholarship that will be useful to scholars in the field and in classrooms. Its many bonbon articles offer wonderful surprises. I fully anticipate the book becoming a must-have collection for historians all over the country, filling an important niche in New England environmental history."--Jan Albers, Executive Director, Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History; author ofHands on the Land: A History of the Vermont Landscape"New England, while being a 'world of breathless change,' is often imagined as pristine, unspoiled, and traditional. This collection, by emphasizing these themes from so many different angles, makes an important contribution to our understanding of how landscapes have been both used and idealized."--Paul Searls, Department of History, Lyndon State College; author ofTwo Vermonts