Leduc, Claire <br/><br/>
From Repulsion to Desire, Transmutation of the Coastal Wilderness in New England 

 -  2006.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> From 1800 to 1850, travelers viewed the New-England coastal zone as a wilderness, with more desire than fear for it. Their view was paradoxical in a deeply altered environment and thus failed to promote environmental protection.