North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent Second Edition
Author(s): Thomas F. McIlwraith (Author), Edward K. Muller (Author, Contributor), Michael P. Conzen (Contributor), Louis DeVorsey (Contributor), Carville Earle (Contributor), Ronald E. Grim (Contributor), Paul A. Groves (Contributor), Jeanne Kay Guelke (Contributor), Cole Harris (Contributor), Richard Harris (Contributor), David Hornbeck (Contributor), John C. Hudson (Contributor), Anne Kelly Knowles (Contributor), James T. Lemon (Contributor), Peirce Lewis (Contributor), Kenneth C. Martis (Contributor), David R. Meyer (Contributor), Robert D. Mitchell (Contributor), Richard L. Nostrand (Contributor), Thomas A. Rumney (Contributor), David Ward (Contributor), David J. Wishart (Contributor), Graeme Wynn (Contributor)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Date: 28 Aug. 2001
Edition: Second
Language: English
Print length: 480 pages
ISBN-10: 0742500187
ISBN-13: 9780742500181
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Enlightening and frequently eye-opening. . . . This book demonstrates the vital role North American places played in shaping historical forces. Professors may profit significantly by carefully considering the lessons contained within the fine syntheses contained here. ― H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
About the Author
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.
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