The Changing Landscape of Essex County will examine the impact of Native American land use, European settlement, agricultural practices, and nascent industrialization on the environment of Essex County. Salem State College's Dr. Emerson Baker will lead this seminar. In addition, this session will take advantage of the resources of Spencer Pierce Little Farm in Newbury, MA a living history museum which features a working farm.

• Dr. Emerson Baker
• Professor of History
• Salem State College

Emerson "Tad" Baker is Professor of History and chair of the History Department at Salem State College. He is the author of numerous works on the history and archaeology early New England He was the managing editor of American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega, a History Book of the Month Club selection. Most recently he is the co-author of the award-winning biography of Sir William Phips, The New England Knight. Baker was a consultant and on-camera expert for the recent PBS-TV series Colonial House and has appeared on other shows for national and local television. A former museum director and past chair of the Maine Humanities Council, Baker has consulted for National Geographic, the National Parks Service, Parks Canada, and other cultural organizations. He also directs the Old Berwick Historical Society's excavations at the Chadbourne Site (1643-1690), which take place every August in South Berwick, Maine.

Bibliography

• Changes in the Land, William Cronon.