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Homelands : a geography of culture and place across America /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Center for American Places
Other Authors: Nostrand, Richard L. (Richard Lee), 1939-, Estaville, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Ernest)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Series:Creating the North American landscape.
Subjects:
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.
United States > Geography.
United States > Civilization.
United States > Description and travel.
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia."
Physical Description:xxiii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-306) and index.
ISBN:0801867002 (hardcover : alk. paper)