The shaping of America : a geographical perspective on 500 years of history

Meinig, D. W. (Donald William) 1924-2020 (Author).

Summary: Volume one examines how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups ultimately created a set of distict regional societies. Volume two emphasises the flux, uncertainty, and unpredictablilty of the expansion into continental America, showing how a multitude of individuals confronted complex and problematic issues.

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ISBN: 9780300104325
ISBN: 9780300082906
ISBN: 9780300075922
ISBN: 9780300062908
ISBN: 9780300056587
ISBN: 9780300038828
ISBN: 9780300035483
ISBN: 0300104324
ISBN: 0300082908
ISBN: 0300075928
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ISBN: 0300035489
ISBN: 9780300185706
ISBN: 0300185707
Physical Description: 1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, �1986-�2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	v. 4. Global America, 1915-2000 -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Technology : mobilization and acceleration -- Prologue -- 1. Mobilization : the automotive revolution -- 2. Mobilization : neotechnic evolution -- 3. Acceleration : on the surface -- 4. Acceleration : in the air -- 5. Acceleration : invisible and instantaneous -- pt. 2. Morphology : migrations and formations -- Prologue -- 1. Populations and policies, 1915-1950s -- 2. Regionalism, 1920s-1950 -- 3. A reconnaissance of regions -- 4. Midcentury morphology -- 5. Altering the federation and internal empire -- 6. Populations and policies, 1950s-1990s -- 7. Some reconfigurations-- 8. Reshaping the nation -- pt. 3. Mission : assertions and impositions -- Prologue -- 1. Assertions : America and Europe -- 2. Impositions : war and interwar, Europe and Asia -- 3. Impositions : Western hemisphere -- 4. Redividing the world -- 5. Impositions and oppositions -- 6. America and the world -- Sources of quotations -- Bibliography -- Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Awards Note:	Association of American Geographers John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize (volume 4), 2004.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.