THIS volume completes the description of the North American continent with the exception of Mexico; but, although an excellent account of the United States, it leaves North America itself still ...

How Geography Shaped American History, Law and Politics Many of the divisions today between “red” and “blue” states correlate sharply with geography, says author.

Oregon, Essential Geography of the United States John Rosman / OPB A Mapmaker Charts A New Course Imus is in the middle of a new edition of "The Essential Geography of the United States." ...

Empirical studies of the impact of geography and institutions on growth and development at the international level have become common place, but the high degree of abstraction at that level has led to ...

These pages from Anna Heermans’ 1875 project, A Hieroglyphic Geography of the United States, tell little stories about the New England states and New York, in picture form.

A notable and beautiful piece of work, overshadowing anything of the kind heretofore attempted. There are 166 plates and 145 pages of descriptive text, arranged under the following headings: The ...

Finally, the historical geography of classical town names reinforces the notion of the primacy of "New England Extended" as the major culture hearth for social, economic, and cultural innovations in ...

In the United States, Geography and the military have never been far apart. Their intertwined history has been essential to the discipline's institutional reproduction and the workings of U.S.