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    <body><![CDATA[I used this text and compared to Crosby's &quot;Ecological Imperialism.&quot; This text offers a different approach to environmental hsitroy, once that is much more &quot;homo-centric&quot; if you will. Whereas Crosby discusses humans as being a small part of the bursting dam that is nature, Cronon ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6648098">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good Marxist-influenced historical anthropology of the ecological changes wrought upon Native lands by European occupation.  Written not theoretically, but with lots of detail from first-hand sources (colonial land records, memoirs, Native testimonials, etc.).  <br/><br/>Particularly fascinat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60041553">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[William Cronon is a genius, particularly how he frames the conflict between Indians and Colonists as a conflict between different systems of property ownership and to see how this intersected with the ecological processes and landscape of the region.  In Cronon's analysis, although we still see how ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76701366">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though I live in San Diego, I found this book to be well worth the read. Dense but short, &quot;Changes in the Land&quot; gives a close reading to the ecological impact of British colonization in New England. As Cronon states in his conclusion, this transformation has ramifications far outside ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4961771">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book changed forever my view of the New England landscape.  When the first colonists arrived from Europe, they were surprised at the shear abundance of resources: trees, berries, arable land, fresh water, etc.  And, from the very beginning, from day one, the colonists abused these resources, as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62163221">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An outstanding book on the growth and development of New England in the colonial days]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love this book, fascinating historic writing]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a good book. I had to do a presentation on it back in the day. When I lived in East Cambridge.  And went to the Courtside on my way home from work/school. To sing Cabaret and Mr. Roboto dead sobber without an audience. <br/><br/>All things considered, my presentation (a summary and comment...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1153959">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book (basically) started the field of Environemental History. here Wm Cronon shows how the English conquered the native Amers of New England by forcing them to adopt to English customs of land tenure. MOre importanlty, this book shows how there is no such thing as unaltered anture--wilderness i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13692191">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for my Colonial American history class and thought it was a fine book at the time but when reading under duress for a class, you can't really appreciate something for what it is (most of the time). I read it again the summer after my class and realized how amazing the book was. It t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/880408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting and scholarly look at the ways in which European settlers altered New England's landscape.  I found the degree in which the land changed to be staggering.  From animal/tree species alteration to the composition of the soil, to the contours of the geography itself, nothing is the same ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34657449">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cronon's dissertation, writ large (ha!).  Fine, simple, probably amazing in its time.  But also a subtle hint at just how very low the bar has been set as far as what one must do to be considered an &quot;historical genius.&quot;.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book provides interesting insights into how Europeans and Indians differed in their concepts of land ownership and usage and how these differences shaped the New England landscape in the colonial period.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good academic read about the changes wrought by settlers on New England.  Not Cronon's best- which is Nature's Metropolis, one of the five best scholarly books ever written, but good nonetheless.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i explore the farthest edges of the dull.<br/><br/>this is a mission statement: it has nothing to do with cronon's book.  <br/>i think perhaps this book fell into my hands by Accident.  we shall see.<br/> ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a GREAT book. Especially for anyone living in New England. It makes hiking through the woods much more interesting and keeps you entertained through cold Vermonty nights]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Groundbreaking book that teaches you as much about New England ecology as it teaches you about Puritan and Native American history.  A fascinating read, and not just for historians.]]></body>
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