This thesis presents an analysis of pioneer settlement and subsequent rural depopulation and land abandonment during the post 200 years in an unrewarding area of northern New England. Orange County was first settled in 1762; population reached its maximum in 1840 and then declined steadily until the 1930’s (see Figure 1). This county, encompassing seventeen towns in east central Vermont, was selected as an example of a small area with economic problems representative of the problems of rural northern New England (the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine). The county unit, as the only source of adequate and continuous statistical information, determines the areal setting of this study; it is not claimed to be a geographical region.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115339 |
| Date | January 1964 |
| Creators | Andrews, Martha. L. |
| Contributors | Lloyd, T. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts. (Department of Geography.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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