North America : a geographical mosaic /
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| Imprint: | London : Arnold, 1999. |
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| Description: | viii, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4179329 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Section A. Introduction
- 1. Frederick W. Boal
- Introducting the continental mosaic
- Section B. The Physical and Biotic Mileus
- 2. Houston Saunderson, Wilfrid Laurier University: Phyiographic structure and earth surface processes
- 3. Jeffrey C. Rogers, Ohio State University: Weather and climate
- 4. David Demeritt, University of Bristol: Nature, environment and the culture of nature in North America
- Section C. People and Culture
- 5. Kenneth S. Coates, University of New Brunswick and William R. Morrison, University of Northern British Columbia: Native North Americans
- 6. Richard H. Schein, University of Kentucky: Populating the continent: The post-Columbian experience
- 7. Henk Aay, Calvin College: Diversity and convergence: Culture and landscape in North America at the start of the new century
- 8. Donald G. Cartwright, University of Western Ontario: The divided continent: Political, population, ethnic and racial division
- Section D. The North American Economy
- 9. Owen J. Furuseth, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Agriculture
- 10. Iain Wallace, Carleton University: Manufacturing in North America
- 11. William B. Beyers, Univerity of Washington: The service economy
- Section e. The Urban Scence
- 12. Larry S. Bourne, University of Toronto: The North American urban system: The macro-geography of uneven development
- 13. John Mercer, Syracuse University: North American cities: The micro-geography
- 14. David M. Smith, Queen Mary and Westfield College: Atlanta: Metropolis of the new South
- 15. Frederick W. Boal: Montreal and Toronto
- 17. Stephen Hornsby, University of Maine: Boston: High tech and heritage
- Section F. Regional Vignettes
- 18. Loretta Lees, King's College London: The Pacific Northwest: Rural backwater to urban ecotopia
- 19. Donald J. Savoie, Universite de Moncton: Atlantic Canada: Always on the outside looking in
- 20. William Carlyle, University of Winnipeg: The Great Plains and Prairies
- 21. James O. Wheeler, University of Georgia: The American South
- 22. William C. Wonders, University of Alberta: The Canadian North
- 23. Maurice Yeates, Queen's University and Ryerson Polytechnical University: The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence lowlands
- Section G. The Continent and the World
- 24. John Agnew, University of California at Los Angeles: North America and the wider world
- References