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American capitals : a historical geography /

"State capitals are an indelible part of the American psyche, spatial representations of state power and national identity. Learning them by heart is a rite of passage in grade school, a pedagogical exercise that emphasizes the importance of committing place-names to memory. But geographers hav...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montès, Christian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Colección:University of Chicago geography research paper ; no. 247.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Capitals: a new light on American cities and territorial processes -- Capitals as places of memory -- Geographical patterns in the migration of capitals -- In search of explanatory models -- Capital choice and the balance of power -- Evolution of state capitals to the 1950s: the "purgatory years" -- State capitals since the 1950s: the renaissance of forgotten cities -- Validating models through a chronological and concrete analysis: three case studies -- Losing status: the place of former capitals in today's America -- State capitals today: symbols of American democracy -- Appendix 1: Demographic and historical tables -- Appendix 2: A brief chronology of Colonial, Territorial, and State Capitals. 
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