The once and future Great Lakes country : an ecological history / John L. Riley.

By:

Riley, J. L. (John L.) [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013.Edition: [CEL versionDescription: 1 online resource (xxiv, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : colour illustrations, colour mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773589810

Subject(s):

Human ecology -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

GF512 .O534 2013

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Contents:

Part One The Land and What Happened to It. 1 The Land beyond Memory: Before 1500 ; 2 Stone Age Meets Iron -- and Smallpox: The 1500s and 1600s ; 3 Wilding the Land with War: The 1700s ; 4 Manufacturing the Land: The 1800s.

Afterword: Nature Never Repeats Itself.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	GF512.74 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn865474941

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: The Fifth Line: A Farm Just Like Thousands of Others -- Part One The Land and What Happened to It. 1 The Land beyond Memory: Before 1500 ; 2 Stone Age Meets Iron -- and Smallpox: The 1500s and 1600s ; 3 Wilding the Land with War: The 1700s ; 4 Manufacturing the Land: The 1800s.

Part Two Voices of Nature Past. 5 Taking the Wildlife: 1500-1900 ; 6 Clearing the Wood: 1500-1900 ; 7 Taming the Unforested: Prairies, Alvars, Barrens, Cliffs, Bogs, and Fens ; 8 The True North: Three Centuries On.

Part Three Nature's Prospect. 9 Invasives: The Unintended Consequences of the Uninvited ; 10 Growing Cities, Changing Climates: The Next Conversion ; 11 Restoration: A New Native Landscape -- Afterword: Nature Never Repeats Itself.

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