Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

12/1/1981 - 11/30/1983

Funding Totals

$41,000.00 (approved)
$41,000.00 (awarded)


An Ecological History of the Northeastern United States, 1600-1850

FAIN: RO-20269-82

University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA 94704-5940)
Carolyn Merchant (Project Director: April 1981 to October 1990)

To support a study which will undertake a new interpretation of American history based on the interaction between national resources and their associated ecosystems with human culture. The resulting book will develop a comprehensive approach to the field of environmental history.