Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-214) and index.
Contents
Economy and environment in sixteenth-century promotional literature -- "God sells us all things for our labour": John Smith's Generall Historie -- "Wonder-working providence" of the market -- "Admirable oeconomy": Robert Beverley's calculus of compensation -- Ideologies of farming: Crevecoeur, Jefferson, Rush, and Brown -- Cherokee "improvements" and the removal debate -- "Co-workers with nature": Cooper, Thoreau, and Marsh.
