North America The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent

by McIlwraith, Thomas F.; Muller, Edward K.; Conzen, Michael P.; DeVorsey, Louis; Earle, Carville; Grim, Ronald E.; Groves, Paul A.; Guelke, Jeanne Kay; Harris, Cole; Harris, Richard; Hornbeck, David; Hudson, John C.; Knowles, Anne Kelly; Lemon, James T.; Le

• ISBN13: 9780742500181
• ISBN10: 0742500187
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-13
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Michael P. Conzen, professor of geography at the University of Chicago Louis De Vorsey is professor emeritus of geography, University of Georgia Carville Earle is Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University Ronald E. Grim specializes in the study of historic maps and cartography with the National Archives of the United States in Washington, D.C. Paul A. Groves is deceased. He was an associate geographer at the University of Maryland Jeanne Kay Guelke is professor of geography at the University of Waterloo Cole Harris is professor of geography at the University of British Columbia Richard S. Harris, professor of geography at McMaster University David Hornbeck, professor of geography at California State University, Northridge John C. Hudson is professor of geography at Northwestern University Anne Kelly Knowles, a writer living in Washington, D.C., has taught at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and at Wellesley College James T. Lemon, professor emeritus of geography, University of Toronto Peirce Lewis is emeritus professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University Kenneth C. Martis is professor of geography at West Virginia University Thomas F. McIlwraith is professor of geography, University of Toronto David R. Meyer is professor of sociology and urban studies at Brown University Robert D. Mitchell, a retired professor of geography at the University of Maryland Edward K. Muller is professor of history and director of the urban studies program at the University of Pittsburgh Richard L. Nostrand is David Ross Boyd Professor of Geography at the University of Oklahoma Thomas A. Rumney, professor of geography at Plattsburgh State University David Ward is president of the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. David. J. Wishart is professor of geography at the University of Nebraska Graeme Wynn is professor and head of geography, University of British Columbia

Table of Contents

Tables	vi
Figures	vii
Preface	xi
Part I Introduction
The North American Past: Retrospect and Prospect	3	(22)
Robert D. Mitchell
Part II Colonization: 1490s-1770s
European Encounters: Discovery and Exploration	25	(22)
Louis De Vorsey
The Spanish Borderlands	47	(18)
Richard L. Nostrand
France in North America	65	(24)
Cole Harris
The Colonial Origins of Anglo-America	89	(30)
Robert D. Mitchell
Colonial America in the 18th Century	119	(24)
James T. Lemon
Part III Expansion: 1780s-1860s
The Geographical Dimensions of a New Nation, 1780s-1820s	143	(22)
Kenneth C. Martis
Beyond the Appalachians, 1815-1860	165	(24)
Carville Earle
The Northeast and Regional Integration, 1800-1860	189	(18)
Paul A. Groves
British North America, 1763-1867	207	(30)
Thomas F. Mcllwraith
Part IV Consolidation: 1860s-1920s
Settling the Great Plains, 1850-1930: Prospects and Problems	237	(24)
David J. Wishart
The Far West, 1840-1920	261	(24)
Jeanne Kay Guelke
David Hornbeck
Population Growth, Migration, and Urbanization, 1860-1920	285	(22)
David Ward
The National Integration of Regional Economies, 1860-1920	307	(26)
David R. Meyer
The Progress of American Urbanism, 1860-1930	333	(24)
Michael P. Conzen
Realizing the Idea of Canada	357	(24)
Graeme Wynn
Part V Recorganization: 1930s and Onward
America between the Wars: The Engineering of a New Geography	381	(28)
Peirce Lewis
The Other America: Changes in Rural America during the 20th Century	409	(14)
John C. Hudson
The 20th -Century American City	423	(22)
Edward K. Muller
Canadian Cities in a North American Context	445	(20)
Richard S. Harris
Part VI Conclusion
Historical Geography since 1987	465	(6)
Anne Kelly Knowles
Sources for Recreating the North American Past	471	(12)
Ronald E. Grim
Thomas A. Rumney
Thomas F. Mcllwraith
Index	483	(16)
About the Contributors	499