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
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| 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)
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7660-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826690003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Creating the North American landscape.