American Space/American Place: Geographies of the Contemporary United States

John Agnew; Jonathan M. Smith

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2002

American Space/American Place

Geographies of the Contemporary United States

John Agnew and Jonathan M. Smith

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474400589

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About this book

This book offers geographical perspectives on the condition of the United States at the outset of the twenty-first century. It compares the American ideals of liberty, equality, individual opportunity, and social improvement with the contemporary condition of the regions, states and localities - the ideal American space with its reality as a place. It uses the public standard provided by the official ideology of the United States to see how well things are really going.

The authors consider the contrast between ideal and reality at local, state, and national levels in education, health, and welfare, in community, race, gender, and class relations, in economic and industrial development, and in the use and exploitation of America's landscape. Each chapter addresses the issues through evidence of long-term and recent trends, and grounds its arguments in information.

American Space/American Place provides a series of compelling insights into the current condition of American society, its natural environment, and its place within the world.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
The authors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction John A. Agnew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I ENVIRONMENTAL IDEALS AND REALITIES
2. The place of nature Jonathan M. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. The place of value Jonathan M. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
PART II POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
4. America, frontier nation: From abstract space to worldly place John A. Agnew and Joanne P. Sharp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Local territories of government: From ideals to politics of place and scale Andrew E. G. Jonas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
6. Urban and regional restructuring in the second half of the twentieth century David L. Rigby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
PART III SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF AMERICANNESS
7. “With liberty and justice for all”: Negotiating freedom and fairness in the American income distribution Janet E. Kodras Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
8. A new geography of identity? Race, ethnicity, and American citizenship Benjamin Forest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
9. Landscape, aesthetics, and power James S. Duncan and David R. Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
10. Mediascapes Paul C. Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
CONCLUSION
11. American geographical ironies: A conclusion Jonathan M. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Discussion questions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
Further reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
Some useful websites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	348
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: American Studies

eBook

Published: April 8, 2002
ISBN: 9781474400589