North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent

McIlwraith, Thomas F.

ISBN 10: 0742500195 / ISBN 13: 9780742500198

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2001

Paperback Book. Seller Inventory # LACV.0742500195.G

Synopsis:

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 knowledge, cultural transfer and acculturation, frontier expansion, spatial organization of society, resource exploitation, regional and national integration, and landscape change. With six new chapters, redrawn maps, a new introduction that explores scholarly trends in historical geography since publication of the first edition, and a new final chapter guiding students to the basic sources for historical geographic enquiry, North America will be an indispensable text in historical geography courses.

About the Authors: John C. Hudson is professor and director of the Program in Geography at Northwestern University.

Kenneth C. Martis is emeritus professor of geography at West Virginia University.

Richard L. Nostrand is David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Oklahoma.

Bibliographic Details

Title: North America: The Historical Geography of a...
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good
Edition: 2nd Edition