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Bounded by the St. Lawrence Valley to the north, Lake Champlain to the west, and the Gulf of Maine to the east, New England may be the most cohesive region in the United States, with a long and richly recorded history. In this book, Richard W. Judd explores the mix of ecological process and human activity that shaped that history over the past 12,000 years.

Through a series of case studies, historian Jonathan D. Anzalone highlights the role of public and private interests in the Adirondack region and shows how partnerships frayed and realigned in the course of several key developments. This book reveals how class, economic self-interest, state power, and a wide range of environmental concerns have shaped modern politics in the Adirondacks and beyond.

Explores the debate over the protection of the US oyster fishery industry took between 1870 and 1920 in law enforcement, legislative advising, and natural science. Samuel Hanes argues that the effort to centralize and privatize the industry failed due to a lack of understanding of the complex social-ecological systems in place.

Traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s to the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected.

Traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s to the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected.

With skillful storytelling, Matthew McKenzie weaves together the industrial, cultural, political, and ecological history of New England's fisheries through the story of how the Boston haddock fleet - one of the region's largest and most heavily industrialized - rose, flourished, and then fished itself into near oblivion before the arrival of foreign competition in 1961.

Explores how history, memory, and tradition created a strong sense of place in New Hampshire that led citizen activists to protect Franconia Notch, Sandwich Notch, and the town of Durham on New Hampshire's seacoast from development in the last half of the twentieth century.

As environmentalists work to restore rivers in New England and beyond in the present day, Managing the River Commons offers important lessons about historical conservation efforts that can help guide current campaigns to remove dams and allow anadromous fish to reclaim their waters.