Across This Land : A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada,9780801865671

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Across This Land : A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

by Hudson, John C.

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9780801865671

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2/8/2002

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Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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Based on decades of research and written in clear, concise prose by one of the foremost geographers in North America, John C. Hudson's Across This Land is a comprehensive regional geography of the North American continent. Clearly organized, the book divides the entire United States and Canada into six major regions, then further subdivides them into twelve smaller areas. Hudson emphasizes each region or area's distinguishing place-specific attributes, including -- to a larger degree than previous regional geographies -- political considerations. In this way, the book tells the story of each region, relying on a brisk narrative that reveals the dynamic processes of their distinctive characteristics. The first extensive regional geography of the North American continent in over seventy-five years, Hudson's Across This Land will become the standard text in geography courses dealing with Canada and the U.S. as well as a popular reference work for scholars, students, and lay readers.

Author Biography

John C. Hudson is a professor of geography and director of the Program in Environmental Sciences at Northwestern University and the first recipient of the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize for popular books in American human geography, awarded by the Association of American Geographers.

List of Maps	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
References	p. xx
Atlantic Canada and Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador	p. 3
Newfoundland Settlement	p. 5
The Forest Industry	p. 7
Political Change	p. 7
The North Atlantic Fishery	p. 8
Labrador	p. 10
Offshore Oil and Gas	p. 13
References	p. 13
Quebec	p. 15
The St. Lawrence Lowland	p. 16
Estrie (the Eastern Townships)	p. 22
Gaspe	p. 24
The Saguenay River--Lac St.-Jean	p. 25
Mauricie	p. 26
The Quiet Revolution and Its Aftermath	p. 27
References	p. 30
The Maritimes	p. 31
Acadia	p. 31
The Annapolis-Cornwallis Valley	p. 34
Eastern Nova Scotia	p. 35
Prince Edward Island	p. 37
New Brunswick	p. 39
The St. John Valley	p. 41
References	p. 41
The Northeast
New England	p. 45
Colonial Lands and Politics	p. 45
Northern Maine	p. 49
The New England Uplands	p. 52
The Champlain Lowland	p. 54
Boston	p. 54
Urban-Industrial Patterns in New England	p. 56
Coastal New England	p. 59
The Connecticut River Valley	p. 60
References	p. 61
New York and Ontario	p. 62
The Geography of New York City	p. 63
The Port of New York	p. 66
The Hudson River Valley	p. 67
The Mohawk Valley, the Erie Canal, and the Lake Ontario Plain	p. 70
The Niagara Peninsula	p. 72
Upper Canada	p. 73
The Growth of Ontario	p. 74
The St. Lawrence Lowland in New York and Ontario	p. 76
The Adirondack Mountains	p. 77
The Appalachian Plateau in New York	p. 78
References	p. 79
The Middle Atlantic	p. 81
The Delaware Valley	p. 81
Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania	p. 84
Baltimore and Washington	p. 86
The Fall Line and Megalopolis	p. 89
The Coastal Plain: The Pine Barrens, the Eastern Shore, and Delmarva Peninsula	p. 91
The Appalachian Orogeny	p. 93
The Anthracite Region	p. 94
Central Pennsylvania	p. 94
Western Pennsylvania and the Steel Valleys	p. 95
References	p. 96
The Upland South
The Southern Appalachians	p. 101
The Great Valley (the Valley of Virginia)	p. 101
Appalachian Folk Culture	p. 105
The Appalachian Coal Field	p. 106
Appalachian Industries	p. 111
The Smoky Mountains	p. 111
The Tennessee Valley	p. 113
References	p. 116
The Interior Low Plateaus	p. 118
The Nashville Basin	p. 119
The Pennyroyal Plateau	p. 121
The Bluegrass of Kentucky	p. 123
The Illinois Basin	p. 125
The Lower Ohio Valley	p. 125
The Middle Mississippi Valley	p. 127
References	p. 128
The Ozarks and the Ouachitas	p. 130
The Ozarks	p. 130
The Ouachita Mountains	p. 135
References	p. 137
The Lowland South
The Southeastern Piedmont and the Coastal Plain	p. 141
Tobacco	p. 143
Urban-Industrial Growth in the Piedmont	p. 147
Coastal Plain Land and Land Use	p. 149
The Low Country and the Sea Islands	p. 154
Piedmont and Coastal Plain Cotton	p. 157
References	p. 158
The Florida Peninsula	p. 160
Florida Settlement	p. 162
The Everglades	p. 162
Urban Growth on the East Coast	p. 165
Florida's West Coast	p. 167
The Citrus Ridges	p. 169
Florida Demographics	p. 169
North Florida	p. 171
References	p. 171
The Gulf Coastal Plain and the Alluvial Mississippi Valley	p. 173
The Eastern Gulf Coast	p. 173
The Coastal Plain Piney Woods	p. 175
The Black Belt	p. 177
The Alluvial Lands of the Mississippi Valley	p. 181
The Yazoo Delta	p. 185
The Missouri Bootheel and Eastern Arkansas	p. 187
The Mississippi River Distributaries	p. 188
Lower Louisiana	p. 190
The Coastal Zone	p. 192
References	p. 193
The Middle West
The Corn Belt	p. 197
The Virginia Military District and the Miami Valley	p. 200
The Wabash Valley, Sangamon Country, and Little Dixie	p. 202
The Tipton Till Plain and the Grand Prairie	p. 204
Chicago	p. 206
The Corn Belt in the Mississippi Valley	p. 208
The Missouri Valley	p. 210
The Des Moines Lobe	p. 212
Adjustments in Corn Belt Agriculture	p. 214
References	p. 215
The Lower Great Lakes	p. 216
The Niagara Escarpment and the Great Lakes	p. 216
The Iron and Steel Industry	p. 217
The Manufacturing Belt	p. 221
The Automobile Industry	p. 222
Yankeeland in the Middle West	p. 225
The Driftless Area	p. 227
The Dairy Industry	p. 228
Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis-St. Paul	p. 230
References	p. 233
Prairies and Plains
Texas and the Southern Plains	p. 237
Hispanic South Texas	p. 237
The Republic of Texas	p. 241
The Range Cattle Industry	p. 242
The Coastal Plain Piney Woods and Prairies	p. 243
The Texas Gulf Coast	p. 245
The Central Texas Urban Region	p. 247
The Edwards Plateau and the Plains Border	p. 249
The Origins of Oklahoma	p. 250
The Oil and Gas Industry	p. 253
References	p. 257
The Prairie Wheat Lands	p. 258
The Central Great Plains Environment	p. 258
The Winter Wheat Region	p. 262
The Spring Wheat Region	p. 265
The Red River Valley	p. 267
The Parkland Belt	p. 269
The Prairie Provinces	p. 271
The Peace River District	p. 275
References	p. 276
The Western Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains
The Southern Rocky Mountains and the High Plains	p. 281
The Formation of the Rocky Mountains and the High Plains	p. 281
High Plains Settlement	p. 284
The Hispano Culture Area	p. 287
The Front Range and the Colorado Piedmont	p. 290
The Platte River Valley	p. 292
The Nebraska Sand Hills	p. 293
References	p. 295
The Missouri Plateau	p. 296
Mountains and Basins	p. 297
Powder River Basin Coal	p. 300
Dry-Farmed Wheat on the Missouri Plateau	p. 301
The Great Sioux Reservation	p. 303
Missouri Basin Water Projects	p. 305
The Rocky Mountains East of the Continental Divide	p. 306
References	p. 309
The Intermountain West
The Northern Rocky Mountains and the Columbia-Snake Plateau	p. 313
The Idaho and Montana Mining Frontier	p. 315
The Idaho Batholith	p. 317
The Rocky Mountain Trench	p. 318
Interior British Columbia	p. 320
Forest Industries	p. 322
The Columbia-Snake Plateau	p. 324
The Snake River Plain	p. 325
The Palouse and the Channeled Scablands	p. 326
The Columbia Basin Project	p. 328
References	p. 330
The Great Basin	p. 331
Basin and Range Topography	p. 332
The Mormon Settlement of Utah	p. 335
The Evolution of Utah	p. 337
Nevada	p. 339
The Mojave Desert	p. 341
References	p. 342
The Colorado Plateau and the Desert Southwest	p. 344
Colorado Plateau Resources	p. 346
Native Populations in the Colorado Plateau	p. 348
The Mogollon Rim	p. 351
The Sonoran Desert	p. 351
The Gadsden Purchase	p. 354
The Copper Industry	p. 355
Agriculture, Urbanization, and Water	p. 356
The Imperial and Coachella Valleys	p. 359
References	p. 360
The North
The Upper Great Lakes	p. 365
Furs and Forests	p. 365
The Pineries	p. 367
The Cutover	p. 370
The Canadian Shield in the United States	p. 371
Contemporary Trends	p. 374
References	p. 375
The Canadian Shield	p. 376
The Role of the North	p. 380
The Clay Belt	p. 381
Mining in the Shield	p. 383
The James Bay Project	p. 384
The Arctic Seaport	p. 385
References	p. 387
The Far North	p. 388
Arctic Environments	p. 388
Native Populations in the North	p. 391
Nunavut	p. 393
The Northwest Passage and the Arctic Archipelago	p. 394
The Mackenzie Valley-Northwest Territories	p. 395
The Yukon Basin	p. 398
Alaska's Oil Boom	p. 401
Land Claims and Regional Corporations	p. 403
References	p. 404
The Pacific Realm
The Pacific Northwest	p. 409
The Aleutian Islands	p. 409
The Russian Fur Trade	p. 410
American Settlement of Coastal Alaska	p. 411
Environments and Resources of the Northwest Coast	p. 415
Forestry and Fishing	p. 418
Urbanization in Coastal British Columbia	p. 421
The Puget Sound Lowland	p. 423
The Willamette Valley	p. 426
References	p. 428
California	p. 430
The North Coast	p. 430
The Mediterranean Climate	p. 432
The San Francisco Bay Region	p. 433
The Sierra Nevada	p. 436
Irrigation and Agriculture in the Central Valley	p. 436
The Coast Ranges	p. 440
Southern California	p. 442
Los Angeles	p. 443
References	p. 447
Hawaii	p. 448
The Native Hawaiians	p. 448
The Hawaiian Environment	p. 450
Nation, State, and Annexation	p. 452
Economic Change	p. 455
References	p. 458
Index	p. 459
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