Common lands, common people : the origins of conservation in northern New England / Richard W. Judd.
Common lands, common people : the origins of conservation in northern New England / Richard W. Judd.
Common lands, common people : the origins of conservation in northern New England / Richard W. Judd.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N333.720974/1
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English
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xiv, 335 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Northeastern Frontier -- 2. The Commons in Transition -- 3. Nature in the New Agrarian Landscape -- 4. Common Stewardship and Private Forests -- 5. Conflicting Rights in Fisheries -- 6. The Politics of Interstate Fisheries -- 7. Forging a Conservation Ethic -- 8. The Romantic Landscapes of To...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Unlike earlier attempts to describe the conservation movement in its historical context, which have often assumed a crude dualism in attitudes toward nature - democracy versus monopoly, amateur versus professional, utilitarian versus aesthete - this study reveals a complex set of motives and inspirations behind the mid-nineteenth-century drive to c...
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Common lands, common people : the origins of conservation in northern New England / Richard W. Judd.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-328) and index.
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N333.720974/1
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74VvPbK2BGx3
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067414581X (alk. paper)
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333.720974
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991005684279702626
