Regional Landscapes of the US and Canada
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-118-79034-2 (ISBN)
Dr. Stephen S. Birdsall is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a master's and a doctoral degree in geography from Michigan State University and is the co-author of four books and atlases. Dr. Jon Malinowski is Professor of Geography at the United States Military Academy. He holds a master's and a doctoral degree in geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the co-author of seven books. Dr. Wiley C. Thompson is the head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at West Point. He holds a master's and a doctoral degree in geography from Oregon State University. He is also an Army officer and combat veteran.
CHAPTER 1 REGIONS AND THEMES 1
CHAPTER 2 GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 19
ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS CASE STUDY: Water Need: A Matter of Natural Supply and Artificial Demand 42
CHAPTER 3 FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY 45
PERCEPTION CASE STUDY: Manifest Destiny 62
CHAPTER 4 MEGALOPOLIS 65
URBAN FRINGE CASE STUDY: Queen Anne’s County, Maryland 88
CHAPTER 5 THE NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CORE 91
CHAPTER 6 CANADA’S NATIONAL CORE 113
CHAPTER 7 THE BYPASSED EAST 131
CHAPTER 8 APPALACHIA AND THE OZARKS 147
CHAPTER 9 THE CHANGING SOUTH 167
OLD SOUTH AGRICULTURAL CASE STUDY: The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta 188
CHAPTER 10 THE SOUTHERN COASTLANDS: ON THE SUBTROPICAL MARGIN 191
CULTURAL-ECONOMIC CASE STUDY: Latin America in Florida 206
CHAPTER 11 THE AGRICULTURAL CORE 209
A VILLAGE CASE STUDY: Clarksville, Iowa 227
CHAPTER 12 THE GREAT PLAINS AND PRAIRIES 231
CHAPTER 13 THE EMPTY INTERIOR 255
NATURAL HAZARDS CASE STUDY: The Yellowstone Fires 276
SETTLEMENT CASE STUDY: Moab, Utah 277
CHAPTER 14 THE SOUTHWEST BORDER AREA: TRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 281
URBAN CASE STUDY: San Antonio, the Mexican-American Cultural Capital 294
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY CASE STUDY: The Hopi Reservation 295
CHAPTER 15 CALIFORNIA 299
PHYSICAL CASE STUDY: Plate Tectonics and the Ring of Fire 323
POLITICAL CASE STUDY: Dreaming of a Divided California 324
CHAPTER 16 THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST 327
A DISTINCTIVE PLACE CASE STUDY: Portland Is Different 345
CHAPTER 17 THE NORTHLANDS 347
CHAPTER 18 HAWAII 365
GLOSSARY 379
INDEX 385
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.09.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 198 x 249 mm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-79034-0 / 1118790340 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-79034-2 / 9781118790342 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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