Political Geography of the United States

by Shelley, Fred M.; Archer, J. Clark; Davidson, Fiona M.; Brunn, Stanley D.

• ISBN13: 9781572300484
• ISBN10: 1572300485
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-05
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This text applies fundamental questions of the field of political geography to the United States. It explores the geography of America's political history, with specific geographical questions, and explores topics which include the origins and growth of the US, presidential politics, the role of the state and its local governments, and the relationship between the United States and the world as a whole.

Author Biography

Fred M. Shelley is Associate Professor of Geography and Planning at Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos.

Clark J. Archer is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Fiona M. Davidson is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Stanley D. Brunn is Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Building the Foundations

The United States in the Nineteenth Century

America in Transition

State and Local Political Geography

Representation and Gerrymandering

America and the World

After the Cold War

Presidential Politics in Historical and Geographical Perspective

Political Geography of the Twenty-First Century

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