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American Space/American Place : Geographies of the Contemporary United States.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florence :
Taylor and Francis,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; The authors; 1. Introduction; PART I ENVIRONMENTAL IDEALS AND REALITIES; 2. The place of nature; 3. The place of value; PART II POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; 4. America, frontier nation: From abstract space to worldly place; 5. Local territories of government: From ideals to politics of place and scale; 6. Urban and regional restructuring in the second half of the twentieth century; PART III SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF AMERICANNESS.
- 7. ""With liberty and justice for all"": Negotiating freedom and fairness in the American income distribution8. A new geography of identity? Race, ethnicity, and American citizenship; 9. Landscape, aesthetics, and power; 10. Mediascapes; CONCLUSION; 11. American geographical ironies: A conclusion; Discussion questions; Further reading; Some useful websites; Index.