A meeting of land and sea: nature and the future of Martha's Vineyard

I. The lay of the land. Landscape history and ecology ; The setting and stage

II. Shaping the island : prehistory to A.D. 1600. Geology and sea level rise ; Climate and vegetation dynamics ; People on the coast

III. Shaping the land : history through the twenty-first century. Winds that roil the island ; Waves that waste the coast ; 1850 : the landscape that became today ; Making the modern landsape ; Conserving the Vineyard

IV. Shaping the present and the future. Exploring the natural and cultural landscape ; Wildlife ; Planning the island ; A conservation fututre ; Perspectives in island time.