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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | University of Chicago geography research paper ;
no. 247. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.