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Nature and History in the Potomac Country : From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (355 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421402628
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nature and History in the Potomac CountryDDC classification:
  • 975.2
LOC classification:
  • GE155.P68 R53 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: The Hole in the Map -- A Note on Language and Usage -- INTRODUCTION: Ahone's Gift -- 1 Ahone's Waters -- 2 Foragers into Farmers -- 3 "Kings" of the Potomac -- 4 The Nature of Colonization -- 5 Peltries and "Papists" -- 6 "You Come Too Near" -- 7 Microbes, Magistrates, and Migrations -- 8 "Away with All These Distractions" -- 9 "Frightened Away by Some Threatening Discourses" -- 10 "I Can Not Live in This Beautiful Land" -- 11 The Trouble with Boundaries -- 12 The Backcountry Transformed -- 13 "The Finest Country I Ever Was In" -- CODA: Ahone's Legacy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river's waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface: The Hole in the Map -- A Note on Language and Usage -- INTRODUCTION: Ahone's Gift -- 1 Ahone's Waters -- 2 Foragers into Farmers -- 3 "Kings" of the Potomac -- 4 The Nature of Colonization -- 5 Peltries and "Papists" -- 6 "You Come Too Near" -- 7 Microbes, Magistrates, and Migrations -- 8 "Away with All These Distractions" -- 9 "Frightened Away by Some Threatening Discourses" -- 10 "I Can Not Live in This Beautiful Land" -- 11 The Trouble with Boundaries -- 12 The Backcountry Transformed -- 13 "The Finest Country I Ever Was In" -- CODA: Ahone's Legacy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river's waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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