Second printing, 1984, The Institute For Earth Education, IL, Paperback, Book Condition: UsedVeryGood, 012164 1B

    Winner of the Francis Parkman PrizeIn 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 people influence one another. With its chilling closing line, "The people of plenty were a people of waste," Cronon's enduring and thought-provoking book is ethno-ecological history at its best.

    This book tells the story of the staggering toll in human health and lives of herbicide use by forestry, agriculture, and other industry and the ignorance and indifference of the U.S. Forest Service, Environmental Protection Agence, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other government agencies to which these people turned for help. Carol Van Strum became alarmed after her own children were sprayed by a passing truck during a routine weed-control operation. She and her neighbors began to notice a pattern to the health problems among the residents of Oregon's rural valleys and forests -- miscarriages, birth defects, cancers, heart ailments, severe skin rashes and a host of other illnesses. As the search for an answer dug deeper, a disquieting record of faked, distorted, and incomplete studies into the safety of more than 100 widely used drugs and chemicals was uncovered. The government's own records showed widespread problems at laboratories paid by the chemical industry to vouch for the safety chemicals the public was routinely exposed to. This updated edition of the book first published in 1983 reveals just how far -- or how little -- progress has been made in holding accountable those companies that have abused the public trust. The story is still relevant because, as biologist Mary O'Brien says in her foreword to the new edition it's all still happening now, it's happening to you, and its about the need for you to challenge the senseless destruction wrought by fracking, genetical modified plants, and other assaults on the public and the environment. "It's also a riveting read," says Dr. O'Brien."Something worth reading, now."

    Whether carried into the field or consulted at home, these books provide readers with fascinating facts and insights into the behavior of birds and wildlife.And that's not all. With new Stokes projects under way ... with information about Stokes activities available on-line at www.StokesBooks.com...you can be certain that more and more readers will be relying on Stokes guides.

    

    Essays on rural life that not only address the many how-to questions that bedevil country dwellers, but also the larger direction that life is taking on this planet.Perrin, a transplanted New Yorker and now a "real" Vermonter, candidly admits his early mistakes while giving concrete advice on matters such as what to do with maple syrup (other than put it on your pancakes), how to use a peavey, and how to replace your rototiller with a garden animal.

    Traces the efforts of the Sierra Club and other conservation organizations to save the California redwood, and discusses the controversy that surrounded the national parks movement.

    Edited by Paul Jamieson and Neal Burdick. Hardcover 6" x 9". 544 pages. 32 pages of reproductions of photos, drawings, and color paintings.