TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rice,James D.
TI  - Nature and History in the Potomac Country: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson
SN  - 9781421402628
AV  - GE155.P68 R53 2009 
U1  - 975.2 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Indians of North America-Potomac River Valley-History
KW  - Nature-Effect of human beings on-Potomac River Valley-History
KW  - Landscape changes-Potomac River Valley-History
KW  - Human ecology-History-Potomac River Valley
KW  - Potomac River-Environmental conditions
KW  - Potomac River Valley-Environmental conditions
KW  - Potomac River-History
KW  - Potomac River Valley-History
KW  - Potomac River Valley-Colonization
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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