Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Figures and Tables xi
5. Promise and Premise: An Environmental History for Prince Edward Island 3
6. Imagining Islands: Islands and Environmental History
7. Muddying the Waters of Environmental History: Islands as Ecotones 19
8. Museums, Laboratories, Showcases: Prince Edward and Other Islands in Environmental History 36
9. Shaping Abegweit: People and Environmental History
10. The Palaeo-Environment and the Peopling of Prince Edward Island: An Archaeological Perspective 59
11. The Forests of Prince Edward Island, 1720–1900 82
12. Wildlife Matters: A Historical Overview of Public Consciousness of Habitat and Wildlife Loss on Prince Edward Island 109
13. The Mermaid’s Tresses: Seaplants in the Culture and Economy of Prince Edward Island 140
14. Harvesting Land and Sea: Development and the Environment on Prince Edward Island
15. The Fertile Crescent: Agricultural Land Use on Prince Edward Island, 1861–1971 161
16. Agriculture and the Environment on Prince Edward Island, 1969–2014: An Uneasy Relationship 195
17. Lines in the Water: Time and Place in a Fishery 218
18. The Landscapes of Tourism: Scenic Images in Prince Edward Island Tourism Literature 246
19. Two Centuries of Energy on Prince Edward Island 264
20. Lessons of Time, Place, and an Island 288
21. Laying Down the Laws: A Table of Environment-Related Legislation on Prince Edward Island, 1770–1970 301
22. Notes 309
23. Bibliography 369
24. Contributors 415
25. Index 421