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



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Titolo: Homelands : a geography of culture and place across America / / edited by Richard L. Nostrand and Lawrence E. Estaville Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
Disciplina: 304.2/0973
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: United States Geography
United States Civilization
United States Description and travel
Altri autori: NostrandRichard L <1939-> (Richard Lee)  
EstavilleLawrence E (Lawrence Ernest)  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Homelands  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8018-7660-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826690003321
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Serie: Creating the North American landscape.