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- catalog abstract ""The farmers of colonial New England have been widely accused of farming extensively, neglecting manure, wearing out their land, and moving on. But did they? And if so, when and why? Brian Donahue offers a history of the early farming practices of Concord, Massachusetts, and challenges the long-standing notion that colonial husbandry degraded the land. In fact, he argues, the Concord community of farmers achieved a remarkably successful and sustainable system of local production." "Employing precise geographical information system (GIS) mapping of land ownership and land use, Donahue describes how the land was settled and how mixed husbandry was developed in Concord. By reconstructing several farm neighborhoods and following them through many generations, he reveals a diverse sustainable farming system of tillage, orchards, pastures, hay meadows, and woodlots that required careful management of soil and water. Donahue concludes that ecological degradation came to Concord only later, when nineteenth-century economic and social forces undercut the environmental balance that earlier colonial farmers had nurtured."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13230280.
- catalog coverage "Concord (Mass.) History.".
- catalog coverage "Concord (Mass.) Social life and customs To 1775.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Employing precise geographical information system (GIS) mapping of land ownership and land use, Donahue describes how the land was settled and how mixed husbandry was developed in Concord. By reconstructing several farm neighborhoods and following them through many generations, he reveals a diverse sustainable farming system of tillage, orchards, pastures, hay meadows, and woodlots that required careful management of soil and water. Donahue concludes that ecological degradation came to Concord only later, when nineteenth-century economic and social forces undercut the environmental balance that earlier colonial farmers had nurtured."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The farmers of colonial New England have been widely accused of farming extensively, neglecting manure, wearing out their land, and moving on. But did they? And if so, when and why? Brian Donahue offers a history of the early farming practices of Concord, Massachusetts, and challenges the long-standing notion that colonial husbandry degraded the land. In fact, he argues, the Concord community of farmers achieved a remarkably successful and sustainable system of local production."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-303) and index.".
- catalog description "Musketaquid : the native ecological system -- Mixed husbandry : the English ecological system -- The First Division and the common field system -- The Second Division -- Settling the East Quarter -- The ecological structure of colonial farming -- A town of limits.".
- catalog extent "xix, 311 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0300097514 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale agrarian studies".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Concord (Mass.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Concord (Mass.) Social life and customs To 1775.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Concord Region".
- catalog subject "630/.9744/4 22".
- catalog subject "Agricultural ecology Massachusetts Concord Region History.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Massachusetts Concord Region History.".
- catalog subject "Meadows Massachusetts Concord Region History.".
- catalog subject "S451.M4 D66 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Musketaquid : the native ecological system -- Mixed husbandry : the English ecological system -- The First Division and the common field system -- The Second Division -- Settling the East Quarter -- The ecological structure of colonial farming -- A town of limits.".
- catalog title "The Great Meadow : farmers and the land in colonial Concord / Brian Donahue.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".