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Author: Thomas Conuel
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 120
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Conuel skillfully provides an overview of the region, a discussion of its people, the reasons for the construction of the reservoir, and the impact of the project on human settlements and natural resources". -- Historical Journal of Massachusetts
Author: David J. McLaughlin
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780976350033
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide introduces the unrivalled natural beauty of Quabbin Reservoir's 'accidental' wilderness where eagles now soar, and tells the sad story of its creation. We visit magnificent 18th century towns largely frozen in time. In addition to the awesome aquatic views you will enjoy spacious commons ringed with historic structures, real country stores, endless nature walks, great birding and fishing and best of all, history at every turn. Must-See Attractions: Swift River Valley Historical Society; Historic Center of New Salem; Lake Wyola; Pelham Town Hall -- Daniel Shays Monument; Stone House Museum in Belchertown; Quabbin Park; Ware Congregational Meeting House; Aspen Grove Cemetery; Gilbertville Covered Bridge; Hardwick Common; Hikes into Quabbin from Gates 30 and 40; Town of Petersham; Fisher Museum of Forestry; Bald Eagle Viewing; Fall Foliage.
Author: Elena Palladino
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2022-10-10
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1467147974
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn April 1938, Swift River Valley residents held a farewell ball to mark the demise of the quintessential New England town of Enfield and its three smaller neighbors, Greenwich, Dana, and Prescott. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts sacrificed these three towns to build the Quabbin, a massive reservoir of drinking water for residents of Boston. Three prominent residents attended the somber occasion. Marion Andrews Smith was the last surviving member of an important manufacturing family. Willard "Doc" Segur was the valley's beloved country doctor and town leader. And Edwin Henry Howe was Enfield's postmaster and general store proprietor. They helped build their beloved community for decades, only to watch grief-stricken as it was destroyed by 400 billion gallons of water. Author and historian Elena Palladino recounts the story of these communities as seen through eyes of those who lived there until the end.
Author: Ellen Stroud
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2012-12-15
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 0295804459
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe once denuded northeastern United States is now a region of trees. Nature Next Door argues that the growth of cities, the construction of parks, the transformation of farming, the boom in tourism, and changes in the timber industry have together brought about a return of northeastern forests. Although historians and historical actors alike have seen urban and rural areas as distinct, they are in fact intertwined, and the dichotomies of farm and forest, agriculture and industry, and nature and culture break down when the focus is on the history of Northeastern woods. Cities, trees, mills, rivers, houses, and farms are all part of a single transformed regional landscape. In an examination of the cities and forests of the northeastern United States-with particular attention to the woods of Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Vermont-Ellen Stroud shows how urbanization processes there fostered a period of recovery for forests, with cities not merely consumers of nature but creators as well. Interactions between city and hinterland in the twentieth century Northeast created a new wildness of metropolitan nature: a reforested landscape intricately entangled with the region's cities and towns.
Author: Catherine Reid
Publisher: HMH
Published: 2005-11-09
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0547346395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA “beautifully written” tribute to this tenacious and much-misunderstood creature of the wild (Bill McKibben). When Catherine Reid returned to the Berkshires to live after decades away, she became fascinated by another recent arrival: the eastern coyote. This species, which shares some lineage with the wolf, exhibits remarkable adaptability and awe-inspiring survival skills. In fact, coyotes have been spotted in nearly every habitable area available—including urban streets, New York’s Central Park, and suburban backyards. Settling into an old farmhouse with her partner, Reid felt compelled to learn more about this outlaw animal. Her beautifully grounded memoir interweaves personal and natural history to comment on one of the most dramatic wildlife stories of our time. With great appreciation for this scrappy outsider and the ecological concerns its presence brings to light, Reid suggests that we all need to forge a new relationship with this uncannily intelligent species in our midst. “More than a book about nature . . . a narrative about home and family, and about human attitudes toward the wild and unfamiliar.” —The Boston Globe “A captivating read, worthy of joining the pantheon of literary ecological writing.” —Booklist “Enlightening . . . a heartfelt, often poetic case for coexistence between humans and the wild.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: Jane Bennett
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1452900191
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Redman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-07-18
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0190451297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thousand years. What happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes, and how does this manipulation affect the earth and nature's desire for equilibrium? Studies were conducted at six Long Term Ecological Research sites within the US, including New England, the Appalachian Mountains, Colorado, Michigan, Kansas, and Arizona. While each site has its own unique agricultural history, patterns emerge that help make sense of how our actions have affected the earth, and how the earth pushes back. The book addresses how human activities influence the spatial and temporal structures of agrarian landscapes, and how this varies over time and across biogeographic regions. It also looks at the ecological and environmental consequences of the resulting structural changes, the human responses to these changes, and how these responses drive further changes in agrarian landscapes. The time frames studied include the ecology of the earth before human interaction, pre-European human interaction during the rise and fall of agricultural land use, and finally the biological and cultural response to the abandonment of farming, due to complete abandonment or a land-use change such as urbanization.
Author: Rudy Schuster
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anthony Oliver-Smith
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-08-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0292717636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe uprooting and displacement of people has long been among the hardships associated with development and modernity. Indeed, the circulation of commodities, currency, and labor in modern society necessitates both social and spatial mobility. However, the displacement and resettlement of millions of people each year by large-scale infrastructural projects raises serious questions about the democratic character of the development process. Although designed to spur economic growth, many of these projects leave local people struggling against serious impoverishment and gross violations of human rights. Working from a political-ecological perspective, Anthony Oliver-Smith offers the first book to document the fight against involuntary displacement and resettlement being waged by people and communities around the world. Increasingly over the last twenty-five years, the voices of people at the grass roots are being heard. People from many societies and cultures are taking action against development-forced displacement and resettlement (DFDR) and articulating alternatives. Taking the promise of democracy seriously, they are fighting not only for their place in the world, but also for their place at the negotiating table, where decisions affecting their well-being are made.
