Homelands [electronic resource] : a geography of culture and place across America / edited by Richard L. Nostrand and Lawrence E. Estaville.
Series: Creating the North American landscapePublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.Description: xxiii, 318 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 0801867002 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801876605
- Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History
- Ethnicity -- United States -- History
- Human geography -- United States
- Immigrants -- United States -- History
- Minorities -- United States -- History
- Place (Philosophy)
- Regionalism -- United States -- History
- United States -- Civilization
- United States -- Description and travel
- United States -- Geography
- 304.2/0973 21
- E161.3 .H66 2001eb
eBooks
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-306) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.