Studies in the Land

David C. Smith is Emeritus Professor of History, Professor of Agricultural History and Quaternary Studies at the University of Maine and the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.

• A. Preface B. Acknowledgements and Dedication Section One: General Studies I. Maine's Changing Landscape to 1820 II. Maine and Its Public Domain III. Toward a Theory of Maine History IV. The Logging Frontier Section Two: Forest and Logging Studies V. Wood Pulp and Newspapers,1867-1900 VI. Logging the Islands VII. Virgin Timber: The Maine Woods as a Locale for Juvenile Fiction Section Three: Tilling the Historic Past: Studies in Agricultural History VIII. William A. Drew and the Maine Shakers IX. Middle Range Farming in the Civil War Era: Life on a Farm in Seneca County, New York X. Agriculture in New York State to 1880: The Impact of State (Public) Funds XI. North American Farmers and British Agriculture, 1795 -1885 XII. The Coastal Shipping Trade on the Eve of the Railroad: Gardiner, Maine in the Early 1830s