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  | | The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846(Reprint) The American Southwest Under Mexico (Histories of the American Frontier Series) by David J. Weber, William Cronon, Howard R. Lamar, Series Editor... Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 1982 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-0603-6, ISBN: 0-8263-0603-9 "The quarter-century of Mexican sovereignty over the land that is today the American Southwest was a period of turmoil and transition. Between 1821 and 1846, Mexico City's ties to the far northern frontier were steadily weakened by domestic political and social strife as well as by foreign economic encroachment. The gradual loss of social and economic links and the eventual lapse of political allegiance is perceptively reinterpreted from ..." |
 | | The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760(Updated) (Histories of the American Frontier (Paperback)) by William John Eccles:, Howard R. Lamar, William Cronon, Martin Ridge, David J. Weber Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 1983 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-0706-4, ISBN: 0-8263-0706-X "This account of the French era in Canada is the most original treatment of the subject in over a century. The analysis and ideas in the first edition helped create a whole new school of thought about Canadian history. Over 50,000 copies have been used in classrooms in Canada and the United States in the decade since its publication. In this revised edition, the author updates the bibliography and adds new ideas advanced in the 1970s tha ..." |
 | | Changes in the Land(Updated) Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 1983 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-0158-3, ISBN: 0-8090-0158-6 "In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos, Changes in the Land, provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land and ..." |
 | | Changes in the land(1st Edition) Indians, colonists, and the ecology of New England by William Cronon, Marilyn Jadene Henning Hardcover, 241 Pages, Published 1983 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-3405-5, ISBN: 0-8090-3405-0 "Much historical writing is far more concerned with the players than the stage: narratives of kings and cabbage-merchants, although acted out in fields and forests, typically include nature only as a convenient prop to provide the occasional splash of color. In Changes in the Land, Cronon treats the land of New England with the same sensitivity and attention to detail as the lives of the American natives and the colonists--he depic ..." |