Drawing on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies, this provocative study presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces of that shaped American history in the Northeast.
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
David Smith, UK) Smith, David (Faculty Education Director and Undergraduate Dean for the Faculty of Science, and Deputy Head of the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
John Courtney, David Smith, University of Saskatchewan) Courtney, John (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of Regina) Smith, David (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, John C. Courtney, David E. Smith
Cornwall, Mary Cheney, David Smith, Christopher Brooke, Philippa Hoskin, Philippa Mary Hoskin, University of York (see below for additional Editors)) Smith, David (formerly the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, Christopher (University of Cambrdige; Fellow of the British Academy) Brooke, University of Lincoln) Hoskin, Philippa Mary (Reader in Medieval History, Reader in Medieval History
Mary Cheney, David Smith, Christopher Brooke, Philippa Hoskin, Philippa Mary Hoskin, University of York (see below for additional Editors)) Smith, David (formerly the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, Christopher (University of Cambrdige; Fellow of the British Academy) Brooke, University of Lincoln) Hoskin, Philippa Mary (Reader in Medieval History, Reader in Medieval History
Martin Brett, David Smith, Philippa Hoskin, Philippa Mary Hoskin, University of Cambridge) Brett, Martin (Emeritus Fellow, Robinson College, University of York (see below for additional Editors)) Smith, David (formerly the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of Lincoln) Hoskin, Philippa Mary (Reader in Medieval History, Reader in Medieval History