The Geographical History Of America
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Author |
: Gertrude Stein |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 202 |
Release |
: 2013-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307824431 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307824438 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geographical History of America by : Gertrude Stein
First published in 1936, The Geographical History of America compiles prose pieces, dialogues, philosophical meditations, and playlets by one of the century's most influential writers. In this work, Stein sets forth her view of the human mind: what it is, how it works, and how it is different from - and more interesting than - human nature.
Author |
: Susan Schulten |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 2001-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0226740552 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780226740553 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950 by : Susan Schulten
Schulten examines four enduring institutions of learning that produced some of the most influential sources of geographic knowledge in modern history: maps and atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university, and public schools."--BOOK JACKET.
Author |
: D. W. Meinig |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 484 |
Release |
: 1986-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300082908 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300082906 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History by : D. W. Meinig
Volume one examines how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups ultimately created a set of distinct regional societies. Volume two emphasizes the flux, uncertainty, and unpredictablilty of the expansion into continental America, showing how a multitude of individuals confronted complex and problematic issues.
Author |
: Martin Brückner |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807830000 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807830003 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geographic Revolution in Early America by : Martin Brückner
The rapid rise in popularity of maps and geography handbooks in the eighteenth century ushered in a new geographic literacy among non elite Americans. This illustrated book argues that geographic literacy as it was played out in popular literary genres significantly influenced the formation of identity in America from the 1680s to the 1820s.
Author |
: William Gordon East |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 1965 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0393004198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780393004199 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geography Behind History by : William Gordon East
In this book, Professor East discusses the vital relationship between history and geographical conditions. Drawing examples from ancient times up to the present, he demonstrates that a study of history must include consideration of the physical conditions under which an event occurs, and that "the particular characteristics of this setting serve not only to localise but also to influence part at least of the action." Topographical position, climate, distribution of water and minerals, the placement of routes and towns, and ease or difficulty of movement between districts and countries are among the factors which the historian must take into account. Book jacket.
Author |
: Alex Johnson |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2017-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786733214 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786733218 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The First Mapping of America by : Alex Johnson
The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey. At the heart of the story lie the remarkable maps and the men who made them - the commanding and highly professional Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General in the North, and the brilliant but mercurial William Gerard De Brahm, Surveyor-General in the South. Battling both physical and political obstacles, Holland and De Brahm sought to establish their place in the firmament of the British hierarchy. Yet the reality in which they had to operate was largely controlled from afar, by Crown administrators in London and the colonies and by wealthy speculators, whose approval or opposition could make or break the best laid plans as they sought to use the Survey for their own ends.
Author |
: Colin Woodard |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2012-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143122029 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143122029 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Nations by : Colin Woodard
• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who during presidential elections, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape North America According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future. From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard (author of American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good) reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of any hotly contested election in our history.
Author |
: James Howard Kunstler |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 1994-07-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780671888251 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0671888250 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Geography Of Nowhere by : James Howard Kunstler
Argues that much of what surrounds Americans is depressing, ugly, and unhealthy; and traces America's evolution from a land of village commons to a man-made landscape that ignores nature and human needs.
Author |
: Geoffrey J. Martin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1241 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195336023 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019533602X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Geography and Geographers by : Geoffrey J. Martin
The rise of American geography as a distinctive science in the United States straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, extending from the post-Civil war period to 1970. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographic Science is the first book to thoroughly and richly explicate this history. Its author, Geoffrey J. Martin, the foremost historian on the subject and official archivist of the Association of American Geographers, amassed a wealth of primary sources from archives worldwide, which enable him to chart the evolution of American geography with unprecedented detail and context. From the initial influence of the German school to the emergence of Geography as a unique discipline in American universities and thereafter, Martin clarifies the what, how and when of each advancement. Expansive discussion of the arguments made, controversies ignited and research voyages move hand in hand with the principals who originated and animated them: Davis, Jefferson, Huntington, Bowman, Johnson, Sauer, Hartshorne, and many more. From their grasp of local, regional, global and cultural phenomena, geographers also played pivotal roles in world historical events, including the two world wars and their treaties, as the US became the dominant global power. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographical Science is a conclusive study of the birth and maturation of the science. It will be of interest to geographers, teachers and students of geography, and all those compelled by the story of American Geography and those who founded and developed it.
Author |
: Susan Schulten |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2018-09-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226458618 |
ISBN-13 |
: 022645861X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of America in 100 Maps by : Susan Schulten
Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the voyages of European discovery to the digital age. With stunning visual clarity, A History of America in 100 Maps showcases the power of cartography to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Gathered primarily from the British Library’s incomparable archives and compiled into nine chronological chapters, these one hundred full-color maps range from the iconic to the unfamiliar. Each is discussed in terms of its specific features as well as its larger historical significance in a way that conveys a fresh perspective on the past. Some of these maps were made by established cartographers, while others were made by unknown individuals such as Cherokee tribal leaders, soldiers on the front, and the first generation of girls to be formally educated. Some were tools of statecraft and diplomacy, and others were instruments of social reform or even advertising and entertainment. But when considered together, they demonstrate the many ways that maps both reflect and influence historical change. Audacious in scope and charming in execution, this collection of one hundred full-color maps offers an imaginative and visually engaging tour of American history that will show readers a new way of navigating their own worlds.