North American Odyssey: Historical Geographies For The Twenty-First Century

This groundbreaking volume offers a fresh approach to conceptualizing the historical geography of North America by taking a thematic rather than a traditional regional perspective. Leading geographers, building on current scholarship in the field, explore five central themes. The book includes sections that explore early settlement, nineteenth- and twentieth-century population movements, human transformations of the natural landscape, the inscription of human society on the landscape, and the urbanization of the continent. With its focus on human-environment interactions, the mobility of people, and growing urbanization, this thoughtful text will give students a uniquely geographical way to understand North American history.

• • Author: Craig E. Colten, Geoffrey L. Buckley
• • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• • Publication Date: Mar 27, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 460 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1442215844
• • ISBN-13: 9781442215849