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Tables of Contents for Studies in the Land
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
SECTION ONE -- GENERAL STUDIES
The Changing Landscape of Maine to 1820
3
16
Toward a Theory of Maine History
19
16
The Logging Frontier
35
16
Maine and Its Public Domain: Land Disposal on the Northeastern Frontier
51
26
SECTION TWO -- FOREST AND LOGGING STUDIES
Wood Pulp and Newspapers 1860 to 1900
77
20
Logging the Maine Coast
97
12
Virgin Timber: The Maine Woods as a Locale for Juvenile Fiction
109
20
SECTION THREE -- TILLING THE HISTORIC PAST: STUDIES IN AGRICULTURAL HISTORY
William A. Drew and the Maine Shakers
129
8
Middle Range Farming in the Civil War Era: Life on a Farm in Seneca Country, New York: 1861--1866
137
16
Agriculture in New York: The Role of State Finances
153
20
North American Famers and the Agriculture of the United Kingdom, 1785--1885
173
32
Coastal Shipping Trade on the Eve of the Railroad: Gardiner, Maine in the Early 1830s
205
24
Index
229