New world tempests: Environment, scarcity, and the coming of the Pequot War

William and Mary Quarterly

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-100

  Grandjean, Katherine A ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79957931027     PISSN: 00435597     EISSN: 1933-769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5309/willmaryquar.68.1.75     Document Type: Review

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