Changes in the Land
In his book, Changes in the Land, William Cronon explores the relationship between the Europeans and the indigenous Indian populations and the local ecologies in the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. In the preface Cronon states that, “the shift from Indian to European domination in New England entailed important changes—well known to historians—in the ways these people organized their lives, but also involved fundamental reorganizations—less well known to historians—in the regions plant and animal communities” (vii). Cronon’s approach involves an investigation not only of the role of a rapid changing human population played in the altering of the ecology of New England, but the impact that ecology had on the local Indian population through time. By using a traditional historical study with tools from the biological and anthropological studies, Cronon developed an analysis on the time period of the colonization of America. By placing an emphasis on their centrality to the understanding of the changes taking place in the local ecosystem, Cronon describes relationships between Indian and American group, and emphasizing the different American responses to different populati
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Approximate Word count = 878
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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