Atlas of the Great Plains

Center for Great Plains Studies, Stephen J. Lavin, J. Clark Archer (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2011
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-0-8032-1536-8 (ISBN)

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The Great Plains, stretching northward from Texas into Canada, is a region that has been understudied and overlooked. The Atlas of the Great Plains brings a new focus to North America's midcontinent. With more than three hundred full-colour maps, accompanied by extended explanatory text, this collection chronicles the history of the Great Plains.

2011 Booklist Editor's Choice, reference categoryThe Great Plains, stretching northward from Texas into Canada, is a region that has been understudied and overlooked. The Atlas of the Great Plains, however, brings a new focus to North America’s midcontinent. With more than three hundred original full-color maps, accompanied by extended explanatory text, this collection chronicles the history of the Great Plains, including political and social developments. Far more than simply the geography of the region, this atlas explores a myriad of subjects from Native Americans to settlement patterns, agricultural ventures to voting records, and medical services to crime rates. These detailed and beautifully designed maps convey the significance of the region, capturing the essence of its land and life. The only current and comprehensive atlas of the Great Plains region, it is also the first atlas to include both the United States and Canada, showing the region’s full length and breadth.

Stephen J. Lavin (1943–2011) was a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the coauthor (with J. Clark Archer and Fred M. Shelley) of the Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1788–2004 and the Atlas of American Politics, 1960–2000. Fred M. Shelley is a professor of geography at the University of Oklahoma. He is the coauthor of The Geography of North America: Environment, Political Economy, and Culture. J. Clark Archer is a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. David J. Wishart is a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Great Plains (Nebraska 2004). John C. Hudson is a professor of geography at Northwestern University and author of Across This Land: A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada.

List of Maps
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Using the Atlas
Reference Maps 1. Land and Environment    Land and Water
    Climate
2. History
    Native Americans
    Bison
    Exploring the Great Plains
   Military Forts and Trading Posts
    Railroads
   The Historic Sterling, Colorado, Area
3. Population
    Population Density
   Ethnicity and Race
    Demographics
    Ancestry
4. Rural Settlement and Agriculture
    Homesteading and Farms
    Livestock
    Crops
5. Urban Settlement and Economy
    Urban Characteristics
    Employment
    Energy
6. Politics and Government
    Selected U.S. Presidential Elections
    National Legislative Seats
7. Recreation and Services
   Recreation
   Media and Communications
    Sports
   Medical
    Artists, Performers, and Writers
8. Social Indicators
   Education
   Crime
    Religion
    Other Social Indicator
Bibliography

Einführung	John C. Hudson
Vorwort	David J. Wishart
Zusatzinfo	8 illustrations, 312 maps, 11 graphs
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-8032-1536-3 / 0803215363
ISBN-13	978-0-8032-1536-8 / 9780803215368
Zustand	Neuware