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Indians, colonists, and the ecology of new england revised. Cronon explores the ecological transformations in colonial new england through the confluence of indians and european settlers and their relationship to the environment. Paul wallace gates, history of public land law development 1968. Indians, colonists, and the ecology of new england new york. In the preface, cronon states the book is an ecological history of new england. For these reasons, the shift from indian to european dominance entailed important changes.
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