North America The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent |
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| Author:
| McIlwraith, Thomas F.
Muller, Edward K. |
| Contribution by:
| Muller, Edward K.
Conzen, Michael P.
DeVorsey, Louis
Earle, Carville
Grim, Ronald E.
Groves, Paul A.
Guelke, Jeanne Kay
Harris, Cole
Harris, Richard
Hornbeck, David
Hudson, John C.
Knowles, Anne Kelly
Lemon, James T.
Lewis, Peirce
Martis, Kenneth C.
Meyer, David R.
Mitchell, Robert D.
Nostrand, Richard L.
Rumney, Thomas A.
Ward, David
Wishart, David J.
Wynn, Graeme |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-0019-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $111.00 |
Book Description:
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This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North American regions from European exploration and colonization to the second half of the twentieth century. Collectively the contributors explore the key themes of acquisition of geographical...
More DescriptionThis classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North American regions from European exploration and colonization to the second half of the twentieth century. Collectively the contributors explore the key themes of acquisition of geographical knowledge, cultural transfer and acculturation, frontier expansion, spatial organization of society, resource exploitation, regional and national integration, and landscape change.