In this book, William Cronon sets out to demonstrate why New England habitats changed as they did during the colonial period and how this was all a process of change. Cronon does this by illustrating how much the landscape and the environment was drastically changed by the arrival of the Europeans. He also argues that the shift from Indian to English dominance in New England saw English property systems taken into effect and the domination …showed first 75 words of 911 total…

…showed last 75 words of 911 total…the Native Americans and European Colonists saw in the land.The book does a very good job of incorporating early American literature. Cronon starts out very early in the book discussing Thoreau's view of nature. Some other early American writers he quotes include: Thomas Morton, John Winthrop, and Crevecoeur. This is a landmark book in the field of environmental history, looking at the complex relationship between people and the world they are a part of.