Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-274).
Contents:
Prologue : Litchfield -- Forming the furrow slice -- Ethic of permanence -- Laying waste -- Panic -- Dunghill doctrines -- Island states -- Another world -- Hints to emigrants -- Fleece and bounties -- Oldfield -- Our most fatal loss -- Mouth full of ashes -- Conclusion -- Toward conservation -- Robinson's prairie -- Striving after harmony -- Epilogue : Fredericksburg.
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