Some Influences of Environment in Massachusetts: A Thesis (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2024
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Print on Demand. This book explores the many ways in which the physical geography of Massachusetts has influenced its human development. The author argues that the state's rugged topography, its many rivers, and its proximity to the coast have all played a role in shaping the lives of its inhabitants. The book begins with a discussion of the geological history of Massachusetts, and it goes on to examine the state's climate, its soils, and its vegetation. The author then turns his attention to the human history of Massachusetts, and he shows how the state's physical geography has influenced settlement patterns, economic development, and even political culture. The book concludes with a discussion of the challenges that Massachusetts faces in the 21st century, and it offers some suggestions for how the state can address these challenges in a sustainable way. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.…
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- Some Influences of Environment in Massachusetts: A Thesis (Classic Reprint)
- Author
- Malcolm Keir
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- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2024
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- New
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- print-on-demand item
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- Paperback
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- English
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- 1333398867
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- 9781333398866
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The effect of the direction of the hills and valleys is to shut off the portion of the state west of the Merrimac - Blackstone line from free communication with the coast region. The Connecticut Valley is an exception for it may be reached easily from the coastal plain by means of the Connecticut River. The conformity to rule, dis played by the topography and the consequent segregation of the eastern district is so easily stated and so readily recognizable that its significance may be overlooked and the consequences that arise from it either ignored or attributed to other causes nevertheless, the parts of the state earliest settled, the present distribution of population, the routes of roads, canals and railways all have been swayed by this feature of the environment. Furthermore, manufacturing and agri culture have been moulded by the direction of their outlets, and even the variations in the type of summer visitors found in different parts of the state have been induced by the prevailing tendency for hills and valleys to cross the state from north to south.
Having passed over the ocean, the Pilgrims and Puritans found themselves in that portion of Massachusetts which is most free from hills. The pioneers encountered no natural difficulties when they established communities north or south of Plymouth and Boston, for the land parallel to the coast, although by no means perfectly fiat, interposed no great obstructions across the path of travel, but on the contrary, offered gentle rises and broad shallow valleys easy to overcome. Even toward the west the country was open and com paratively level for a short distance, the present town of Framing ham marking the edge of the favored district; but beyond this point the higher portions of the plateau were encountered, hills became more numerous and harder to climb until insensibly the highland region was reached. Within the highlands few streams cut path ways through the hill barriers and fewer valleys offered easy pass-age, therefore the grain of the country, so to speak, blocked travel toward the west, and held settlers on the coastal plain and lower plateau. As a consequence the early towns were strung along the shore or as far back from it as the coastal plain extended, but stopped short when the highlands were confronted.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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