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Tables of Contents for Thoreau's Country
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Prologue: One Man's Journal
1
7
Three Landscapes in New England History
8
7
The Cultural Landscape of New England
15
57
Views of the Nineteenth-Century Countryside
15
8
Daily Life
23
10
The Farmer as Hero
33
14
Meadows and Mowers
47
13
Stone Walls and Other Fences
60
12
A Natural History of Woodlands
72
50
Woodlands and Sproutlands
72
13
Forest Land Use and Woodland Practices
85
14
Firewood and Other Fuels
99
10
Wildfire: A Human and Natural Force
109
13
The Coming of the New Forest
122
27
Social Change and Farm Abandonment in New England
122
12
The Succession of Forest Trees
134
15
Losses and Change
149
35
Animals: From Bobolinks to Bears
149
18
The Passenger Pigeon
167
8
The American Chestnut
175
9
Stepping Back and Looking Ahead
184
47
Reading Forest and Landscape History
184
25
Landscape Change
209
11
Insights into the Ecology and Conservation of the Land
220
11
Bibliographic Essay
231
19
Bibliography
250
11
Index
261