Riley, J. L. <br/><br/>
The once and future Great Lakes country :  an ecological history / 
John L. Riley. 
 - [CEL version. 
 - Montreal [Quebec] :  McGill-Queen's University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (xxiv, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :  colour illustrations, colour maps. 
 - McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ;  2 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773589810 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human ecology--History.--Great Lakes Region (North America)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GF512  / .O534 2013