Hands on the Land: A History of the Vermont Landscape

by Jan Albers

Book Overview

A lavishly illustrated study of the natural and cultural history of the Vermont landscape.

In this book Jan Albers examines the history--natural, environmental, social, and ultimately human--of one of America's most cherished landscapes: Vermont. Albers shows how Vermont has come to stand for the ideal of unspoiled rural community, examining both the basis of the state's pastoral image and the equally real toll taken by the pressure of human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262511282
• ISBN13: 9780262511285
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 2.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher