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The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
Edizione [Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (568 p.)
Disciplina 304.20973
Altri autori (Persone) ConzenMichael P
Soggetto topico Human geography - North America
Human geography - United States
Landscape changes - North America
Landscape changes - United States
Nature - Effect of human beings on - North America
Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-317-79370-6
1-315-81082-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Introduction; 1 Recognizing Nature's bequest; Climates; The physiographic layout; Natural regions; The Far West; The Central Interior; The East; 2 Retrieving American Indian landscapes; Adapting to new environments; Toward an agricultural landscape in the East; Pueblo and irrigation agriculture in the Southwest; The European intrusion; The surviving legacy; 3 Refashioning Hispanic landscapes; Spanish exploration; Populating the land
Shaping the bordersSpanish legacy; 4 Retracing French landscapes in North America; Footholds on the continent; The core landscapes of New France; The French crescent: St. Lawrence to the Mississippi; The legacy; 5 Americanizing English landscape habits; An American version of England; A different sort of place; A different sort of people; Two regions of the Northeast; The New England culture region; The Pennsylvania culture region; The two landscapes of the Northeast: differences in vernacular architecture; Barns and other rural matters; Urban forms
The cultural-geographical baggage goes west6 Transforming the Southern plantation; Establishment of plantation agriculture in continental North America; The ""Old South"" plantation; The ""New South"" plantation; Toward the modern plantation; The increase of fragmented mega-farms; 7 Gridding a national landscape; A system to span the continent; Single farmsteads; Townsites; The section roadscape; The conservation landscape; Toward a national landscape; 8 Clearing the forests; The landscape of clearing; The landscape of logging; The landscape of fuel gathering; The balance sheet
9 Remaking the prairiesVegetation and settlement; Migration patterns; The western Plains; Town settlement; Conclusion; 10 Watering the deserts; Finding the desert; Transforming the desert: looking at dams and ditches; The prehistoric legacy in central Arizona; Hispanic settlement in the Rio Grande Valley; The Mormon desert; Federal transformation of the Colorado River; Conclusions; 11 Inscribing ethnicity on the land; Why here and not there? The shaping of early ethnic landscapes; Enduring rural and small town landscape features; Ethnic cityscapes
Ethnic tourism and ethnic heritage landscapesAnd what of the future?; 12 Organizing religious landscapes; The mainly metropolitan churchscape; Matters architectural; The rural scenes; The other structures; Cemeteries; Signs; Envoi; 13 Mechanizing the American earth; Colonial beginnings; Emergence of the manufacturing belt; Specialization in core and periphery; The blend of old and new; 14 Building American cityscapes; The economic landscape; Social landscapes; Governance and the landscape; The American way; 15 Asserting central authority; The early federal presence
Federal landscape influence after the Civil War
Record Nr. UNINA-9910464564903321
New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
Edizione [Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (568 p.)
Disciplina 304.20973
Altri autori (Persone) ConzenMichael P
Soggetto topico Human geography - North America
Human geography - United States
Landscape changes - North America
Landscape changes - United States
Nature - Effect of human beings on - North America
Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States
ISBN 1-317-79370-6
1-315-81082-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Introduction; 1 Recognizing Nature's bequest; Climates; The physiographic layout; Natural regions; The Far West; The Central Interior; The East; 2 Retrieving American Indian landscapes; Adapting to new environments; Toward an agricultural landscape in the East; Pueblo and irrigation agriculture in the Southwest; The European intrusion; The surviving legacy; 3 Refashioning Hispanic landscapes; Spanish exploration; Populating the land
Shaping the bordersSpanish legacy; 4 Retracing French landscapes in North America; Footholds on the continent; The core landscapes of New France; The French crescent: St. Lawrence to the Mississippi; The legacy; 5 Americanizing English landscape habits; An American version of England; A different sort of place; A different sort of people; Two regions of the Northeast; The New England culture region; The Pennsylvania culture region; The two landscapes of the Northeast: differences in vernacular architecture; Barns and other rural matters; Urban forms
The cultural-geographical baggage goes west6 Transforming the Southern plantation; Establishment of plantation agriculture in continental North America; The ""Old South"" plantation; The ""New South"" plantation; Toward the modern plantation; The increase of fragmented mega-farms; 7 Gridding a national landscape; A system to span the continent; Single farmsteads; Townsites; The section roadscape; The conservation landscape; Toward a national landscape; 8 Clearing the forests; The landscape of clearing; The landscape of logging; The landscape of fuel gathering; The balance sheet
9 Remaking the prairiesVegetation and settlement; Migration patterns; The western Plains; Town settlement; Conclusion; 10 Watering the deserts; Finding the desert; Transforming the desert: looking at dams and ditches; The prehistoric legacy in central Arizona; Hispanic settlement in the Rio Grande Valley; The Mormon desert; Federal transformation of the Colorado River; Conclusions; 11 Inscribing ethnicity on the land; Why here and not there? The shaping of early ethnic landscapes; Enduring rural and small town landscape features; Ethnic cityscapes
Ethnic tourism and ethnic heritage landscapesAnd what of the future?; 12 Organizing religious landscapes; The mainly metropolitan churchscape; Matters architectural; The rural scenes; The other structures; Cemeteries; Signs; Envoi; 13 Mechanizing the American earth; Colonial beginnings; Emergence of the manufacturing belt; Specialization in core and periphery; The blend of old and new; 14 Building American cityscapes; The economic landscape; Social landscapes; Governance and the landscape; The American way; 15 Asserting central authority; The early federal presence
Federal landscape influence after the Civil War
Record Nr. UNINA-9910786685703321
New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
Edizione [Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (568 p.)
Disciplina 304.20973
Altri autori (Persone) ConzenMichael P
Soggetto topico Human geography - North America
Human geography - United States
Landscape changes - North America
Landscape changes - United States
Nature - Effect of human beings on - North America
Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States
ISBN 1-317-79370-6
1-315-81082-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Introduction; 1 Recognizing Nature's bequest; Climates; The physiographic layout; Natural regions; The Far West; The Central Interior; The East; 2 Retrieving American Indian landscapes; Adapting to new environments; Toward an agricultural landscape in the East; Pueblo and irrigation agriculture in the Southwest; The European intrusion; The surviving legacy; 3 Refashioning Hispanic landscapes; Spanish exploration; Populating the land
Shaping the bordersSpanish legacy; 4 Retracing French landscapes in North America; Footholds on the continent; The core landscapes of New France; The French crescent: St. Lawrence to the Mississippi; The legacy; 5 Americanizing English landscape habits; An American version of England; A different sort of place; A different sort of people; Two regions of the Northeast; The New England culture region; The Pennsylvania culture region; The two landscapes of the Northeast: differences in vernacular architecture; Barns and other rural matters; Urban forms
The cultural-geographical baggage goes west6 Transforming the Southern plantation; Establishment of plantation agriculture in continental North America; The ""Old South"" plantation; The ""New South"" plantation; Toward the modern plantation; The increase of fragmented mega-farms; 7 Gridding a national landscape; A system to span the continent; Single farmsteads; Townsites; The section roadscape; The conservation landscape; Toward a national landscape; 8 Clearing the forests; The landscape of clearing; The landscape of logging; The landscape of fuel gathering; The balance sheet
9 Remaking the prairiesVegetation and settlement; Migration patterns; The western Plains; Town settlement; Conclusion; 10 Watering the deserts; Finding the desert; Transforming the desert: looking at dams and ditches; The prehistoric legacy in central Arizona; Hispanic settlement in the Rio Grande Valley; The Mormon desert; Federal transformation of the Colorado River; Conclusions; 11 Inscribing ethnicity on the land; Why here and not there? The shaping of early ethnic landscapes; Enduring rural and small town landscape features; Ethnic cityscapes
Ethnic tourism and ethnic heritage landscapesAnd what of the future?; 12 Organizing religious landscapes; The mainly metropolitan churchscape; Matters architectural; The rural scenes; The other structures; Cemeteries; Signs; Envoi; 13 Mechanizing the American earth; Colonial beginnings; Emergence of the manufacturing belt; Specialization in core and periphery; The blend of old and new; 14 Building American cityscapes; The economic landscape; Social landscapes; Governance and the landscape; The American way; 15 Asserting central authority; The early federal presence
Federal landscape influence after the Civil War
Record Nr. UNINA-9910815429303321
New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Population mobility and indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America / / edited by John Taylor and Martin Bell
Population mobility and indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America / / edited by John Taylor and Martin Bell
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (294 p.)
Disciplina 304.8/097
Altri autori (Persone) TaylorJ <1953-> (John)
BellMartin <1949->
Collana Routledge Research in Population and Migration
Soggetto topico Human geography - North America
Human geography - Australasia
Population geography - North America
Population geography - Australasia
Indians of North America - Migrations
Indians of North America - Population
Aboriginal Australians - Migrations
Aboriginal Australians - Population
Maori (New Zealand people) - Migrations
Maori (New Zealand people) - Population
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-134-59196-9
0-203-46478-8
1-280-01986-7
9786610019861
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: New World demography; International perspectives; Continuity and change in Indigenous Australian population mobility; Flirting with Zelinsky in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a Maori mobility transition; Migration and spatial distribution of American Indians in the twentieth century; Government policy and the spatial redistribution of Canada's Aboriginal peoples; Data issues and analysis; Data sources and issues for the analysis of Indigenous peoples' mobility
Registered Indian mobility and migration in Canada: patterns and implicationsLocal contingency; The politics of Maori mobility; American Indians and geographic mobility: some parameters for public policy; The formation of contemporary Aboriginal settlement patterns in Australia: government policies and programmes; Myth of the ~walkabout~: movement in the Aboriginal domain; The social underpinnings of an ~outstation movement~ in Cape York Peninsula, Australia; Conclusion: emerging research themes; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910450983003321
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Population mobility and Indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America / / edited by John Taylor and Martin Bell
Population mobility and Indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America / / edited by John Taylor and Martin Bell
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (294 p.)
Disciplina 304.8/097
Altri autori (Persone) TaylorJ <1953-> (John)
BellMartin <1949->
Collana Routledge Research in Population and Migration
Soggetto topico Human geography - North America
Human geography - Australasia
Population geography - North America
Population geography - Australasia
Indians of North America - Migrations
Indians of North America - Population
Aboriginal Australians - Migrations
Aboriginal Australians - Population
Māori (New Zealand people) - Migrations
Māori (New Zealand people) - Population
ISBN 1-134-59195-0
1-134-59196-9
0-203-46478-8
1-280-01986-7
9786610019861
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: New World demography; International perspectives; Continuity and change in Indigenous Australian population mobility; Flirting with Zelinsky in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a Maori mobility transition; Migration and spatial distribution of American Indians in the twentieth century; Government policy and the spatial redistribution of Canada's Aboriginal peoples; Data issues and analysis; Data sources and issues for the analysis of Indigenous peoples' mobility
Registered Indian mobility and migration in Canada: patterns and implicationsLocal contingency; The politics of Maori mobility; American Indians and geographic mobility: some parameters for public policy; The formation of contemporary Aboriginal settlement patterns in Australia: government policies and programmes; Myth of the ~walkabout~: movement in the Aboriginal domain; The social underpinnings of an ~outstation movement~ in Cape York Peninsula, Australia; Conclusion: emerging research themes; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783833803321
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Population mobility and Indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America / / edited by John Taylor and Martin Bell
Population mobility and Indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America / / edited by John Taylor and Martin Bell
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (294 p.)
Disciplina 304.8/097
Altri autori (Persone) TaylorJ <1953-> (John)
BellMartin <1949->
Collana Routledge Research in Population and Migration
Soggetto topico Human geography - North America
Human geography - Australasia
Population geography - North America
Population geography - Australasia
Indians of North America - Migrations
Indians of North America - Population
Aboriginal Australians - Migrations
Aboriginal Australians - Population
Māori (New Zealand people) - Migrations
Māori (New Zealand people) - Population
ISBN 1-134-59195-0
1-134-59196-9
0-203-46478-8
1-280-01986-7
9786610019861
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: New World demography; International perspectives; Continuity and change in Indigenous Australian population mobility; Flirting with Zelinsky in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a Maori mobility transition; Migration and spatial distribution of American Indians in the twentieth century; Government policy and the spatial redistribution of Canada's Aboriginal peoples; Data issues and analysis; Data sources and issues for the analysis of Indigenous peoples' mobility
Registered Indian mobility and migration in Canada: patterns and implicationsLocal contingency; The politics of Maori mobility; American Indians and geographic mobility: some parameters for public policy; The formation of contemporary Aboriginal settlement patterns in Australia: government policies and programmes; Myth of the ~walkabout~: movement in the Aboriginal domain; The social underpinnings of an ~outstation movement~ in Cape York Peninsula, Australia; Conclusion: emerging research themes; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910820835303321
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui