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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826690003321

Titolo

Homelands : a geography of culture and place across America / / edited by Richard L. Nostrand and Lawrence E. Estaville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8018-7660-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Creating the North American landscape

Altri autori (Persone)

NostrandRichard L <1939-> (Richard Lee)

EstavilleLawrence E (Lawrence Ernest)

Disciplina

304.2/0973

Soggetti

Human geography - United States

Regionalism - United States - History

Place (Philosophy)

Cultural pluralism - United States - History

Ethnicity - United States - History

Immigrants - United States - History

Minorities - United States - History

United States Geography

United States Civilization

United States Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List  of Maps, Figures, and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction Free Land, Dry Land, Homeland""; ""Chapter  One The New England Yankee Homeland""; ""Chapter Two The Pennsylvanian Homeland""; ""Chapter Three Old Order Amish Homelands""; ""Chapter  Four Blacks in the Plantation South Unique Homelands""; ""Chapter  Five The Creole Coast Homeland to Substrate""; ""Chapter Six Nouvelle Acadie The Cajun Homeland""

""Chapter  Seven La Tierra Tejana A South Texas Homeland"" ""Chapter  Eight The Anglo-Texan Homeland""; ""Chapter  Nine The Kiowa Homeland in Oklahoma""; ""Chapter  Ten The Highland-Hispano Homeland""; ""Chapter  Eleven The Navajo Homeland""; ""Chapter  Twelve Mormondoma's Deseret Homeland""; ""Chapter  Thirteen



California's Emerging Russian Homeland""; ""Chapter  Fourteen Montana's Emerging Montane Homeland""; ""Chapter  Fifteen American Homelands A Dissenting View""; ""References""

""Contributors"" ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Homelands explores the connection of people and place by showing how aspects of several different North American groups found their niche and created a homeland. It looks at geographical concepts in community settings.