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050		4	_aGE155.P68 R53 2009
082	0		_a975.2
100	1		_aRice, James D.
245	1	0	_aNature and History in the Potomac Country : _bFrom Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2009.
264		4	_c©2009.
300			_a1 online resource (355 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- 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.
520			_aWith 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aIndians of North America-Potomac River Valley-History.
650		0	_aNature-Effect of human beings on-Potomac River Valley-History.
650		0	_aLandscape changes-Potomac River Valley-History.
650		0	_aHuman ecology-History-Potomac River Valley.
650		0	_aPotomac River-Environmental conditions.
650		0	_aPotomac River Valley-Environmental conditions.
650		0	_aPotomac River-History.
650		0	_aPotomac River Valley-History.
650		0	_aPotomac River Valley-Colonization.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRice, James D. _tNature and History in the Potomac Country _dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2009 _z9780801890321
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4398425 _zClick to View
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