The ice, the crow, and the plague : before European exploration -- From continental drift to nomadic land use -- Fire, fishing, and farming of native peoples -- The era of local resource production and extraction : settlement to the start of the twentieth century -- On the way to an amphibious society -- Mining the bounty of nature -- The decline of the established economy -- Dependence on distant resources, and revenue from recreation : early twentieth century to the present -- Trains, cars, cottages, and restaurants -- The golden age of tourism -- Problems in paradise