{"product_id":"ceremonial-time-fifteen-thousand-years-on-one-square-mile","title":"Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCeremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile by John Hanson Mitchell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCeremonial Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by John Hanson Mitchell is a richly observed work of natural and local history that traces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15,000 years of change within a single square mile of landscape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. With drawings by Gordon Morrison, the book follows the land from the retreat of the glaciers through Indigenous settlement, European colonization, agricultural development, the Industrial Revolution, and into the modern era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy concentrating on one small place across an immense span of time, Mitchell reveals how geology, plants, wildlife, human communities, technology, and cultural change continuously reshape the landscape. The result blends environmental history, archaeology, nature writing, and social history into an intimate portrait of the relationship between people and place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA thoughtful choice for readers interested in ecology, New England history, Indigenous history, environmental studies, and books that explore how the past remains visible in the land around us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePaperback with original dust jacket. Light age spotting and shelf wear. Interior clean and binding sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Hanson Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53322445160745,"sku":"591291B","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9435\/7545\/files\/ceremonialtime1.webp?v=1791579503","url":"https:\/\/thebookstore.ca\/products\/ceremonial-time-fifteen-thousand-years-on-one-square-mile","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}