American georgics: economy and environment in early American literature

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: Crèvecoeur, Jefferson, Rush, and Brown

Cherokee "improvements" and the removal debate

"Co-workers with nature": Cooper, Thoreau, and Marsh.