"No other history of Cape Cod offers the contextually rich interweaving of the region's environmental, economic, social, and cultural transformations. This book makes a unique contribution by connecting human and natural history."?Anthony N. Penna, author of The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History
"This is the first synthesis of the Cape's environmental history. The author has researched a broad array of sources, gleaning much material on the impacts of economic activity on the natural environment."?James C. O'Connell, author The Hub's Metropolis: Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth
"Cumbler discusses the social, economic, and cultural history of this fragile land with great success in a well-researched account supported by 50 pages of annotated footnotes. Recommended."?Choice
"An engagingly authentic and fascinating account"?MAL Contends
"Cape Cod provides a fine overview of the region's economic and environmental development. . . . In his conclusion, Cumbler explains that Cape Cod bookstores are now stocking their shelves with books about the local environment. This book will hold an important place among them."?Journal of American History
"John T. Cumbler has written an exceptionally well-researched, environmentally informed history of Cape Cod. . . . Resistance to change has increased rather than diminished and one of the strengths of Cumbler's work is his grasp of the processes that have produced situations where property owners have bought into schemes, such as sea walling that destroy rather than preserve the natural assets of the shore."?AAG Review of Books
"John T. Cumbler's Cape Cod is a fine book that should appeal to a wide audience . . . Cumbler has succeeded in combining a flowing narrative with a thoughtful analysis of humans interacting with nature, the workplace, and each other."?Historical Journal of Massachusetts
