History

History 2129/EnvS 2449 Reading Guide

Reading Guide and Electronic Reserve Reading Links

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• Week 1
  • Thinking historically and thinking about Maine

• Week 2
  • Thinking environmentally and thinking about Maine
  • The coast of Maine:  Native Americans and early English settlements
  • The settlement, unsettlement, and resettlement of Harpswell and the coast of Maine
  • Rural life in early nineteenth century Maine

• Week 3
  • Fishermen, sailors, and deep sea fisheries
  • Farming on the Maine Coast
  • Coastal and island economies:  onshore fisheries
  • Shipbuilding and seafaring communities

• Week 4
  • Race, Class, and Community:  the Maine Coast, Cundy's Harbor, Malaga Island
  • Coastal tourism and summer people
  • Fishermen, Sportsmen, and Conservation
  • Work-in-progress presentations