Changes in the Land
In this book, William Cronon sets out to demonstrate why New England habitats changed as they did during the colonial period and how this was all a process of change. Cronon does this by illustrating how much the landscape and the environment was drastically changed by the arrival of the Europeans. He also argues that the shift from Indian to English dominance in New England saw English property systems taken into effect and the domination of domesticated animals as well . One fact, often not realized, that Cronon brings out, is that America was not an untouched wilderness when Columbus landed here. The Native Americans had been living on, using, and even managing the land for centuries. And finally, another argument suggested by Cronon reveals that the Industrial Revolution would transform New England ecology by opening up industries to urban centres and building canals to connect cities. Cronon's argument reveals that the change in New England's landscape and environment, was not only brought on by the arrival of the Europeans but also made possible by the active participation by the Indian people. Indeed, Cronon reveals that the New England landscape during the 1800s were drastically different from what the first Europeans
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Approximate Word count = 911
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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