The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History: Volume 4: Global America, 1915-2000 Volume 4 Contributor(s): Meinig, D. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300115288 ISBN-13: 9780300115284 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $43.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: Meinig here focuses on colonial America, examining how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups - Europeans, Africans, American Indians - ultimately created a set of distinct regional societies. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Historical Geography |
Dewey: 973 |
Series: Shaping of America; A Geographical Perspective of 500 Years of History (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 1.34" H x 7.02" W x 10" (2.09 lbs) 467 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Topical - Home Schooling |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This landmark book, the concluding volume in a magisterial series, presents the story of America's interwoven history and geography from 1915 to 2000. Discussing such developments as the automotive, neotechnic, and communications revolutions, the world wars, urban migration, and regionalism, D.W. Meinig offers unprecedented insights into the reshaping of the United States. Meinig at his best: he presents a masterly synthesis of the cultural complexity of America, a compelling account of the dramatic but immensely complicated restructuring of its human geography during the twentieth century.--Graeme Wynn, Journal of Historical Geography This work will shape the way many people view the United States for a long time to come. Essential.--Choice This splendid work concludes the most ambitious writing project of any American geographer, ever. Global America meets and even exceeds the high standards set by the previous three volumes.--John C. Hudson, Northwestern University |