North America :: the Historical Geography of a Changing Continent /

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 Nort...

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Other Authors: McIlwraith, Thomas F. (Editor), Muller, Edward K. (Editor), Conzen, Michael P. (Contributor), De Vorsey, Louis (Contributor), Earle, Carville (Contributor), Grim, Ronald E. (Contributor), Groves, Paul A. (Contributor), Guelke, Jeanne Kay (Contributor), Harris, J. Cole (Contributor), Harris, Richard (Contributor), Hornbeck, David (Contributor), Hudson, John C. (Contributor), Knowles, Anne Kelly (Contributor), Lemon, James T. (Contributor), Lewis, Peirce (Contributor), Martis, Kenneth C. (Contributor), Meyer, David R. (Contributor), Mitchell, Robert D. (Contributor), Nostrand, Richard L. (Contributor), Rumney, Thomas A. (Contributor), Ward, David (Contributor), Wishart, David J. (Contributor), Wynn, Graeme (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001.
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (514 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461639602
1461639603
1283657198
9781283657198

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