Thoreau's country : journey through a transformed landscape / David R. Foster.

Main entry:

Foster, David R., 1954-

Title & Author:

Thoreau's country : journey through a transformed landscape / David R. Foster.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.

Description:

xiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-259) and index.
Prologue -- Three landscapes in New England history -- The cultural landscape of New England -- A natural history of woodlands -- The coming of the new forest -- Losses and change -- Stepping back and looking ahead.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Looks at how the land that Thoreau experienced in nineteenth-century New England has changed from open farm land to forrest.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0674886453 (alk. paper)
9780674886452 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 Homes and haunts New England.
Foster, David R., 1954- Travel New England.
Foster, David R., 1954-
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862
Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862 Tagebücher
Foster, David R. Travel New England.
Thoreau, Henry David.
Thoreau, Henry David. Journal.
Authors, American 19th century Biography.
Landscape changes New England.
Natural history New England.
Écrivains américains 19e siècle Biographies.
Paysages Modifications Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Sciences naturelles Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Authors, American.
Homes.
Intellectual life.
Landscape changes.
Natural history.
Travel.
Landschaftsentwicklung
Landschappen.
New England Intellectual life 19th century.
New England Description and travel.
Nouvelle-Angleterre Vie intellectuelle 19e siècle.
Nouvelle-Angleterre Descriptions et voyages.
New England.
Neuengland
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Homes and haunts -- New England
Foster, David R., 1954- -- Journeys -- New England
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
New England -- Description and travel
Landscape changes -- New England
Natural history -- New England

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies.

Added entries:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222373
Call No.: PS3053 .F66 1999
Status: Available

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