North America
North America

Author: Thomas F. McIlwraith

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0742500195

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This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North American regions from European exploration and colonization to the second half of the twentieth century. Collectively the contributors explore the key themes of acquisition of geographical knowledge, cultural transfer and acculturation, frontier expansion, spatial organization of society, resource exploitation, regional and national integration, and landscape change. With six new chapters, redrawn maps, a new introduction that explores scholarly trends in historical geography since publication of the first edition, and a new final chapter guiding students to the basic sources for historical geographic enquiry, North America will be an indispensable text in historical geography courses.

The Myth of the North American City
The Myth of the North American City

Author: Michael Goldberg

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0774843292

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The continuing tendency to "continentalize" Canadian issues has been particularly marked in the area of urban studies where United States-based research findings, methodologies, and attitudes have held sway. In this book, Goldberg and Mercer demonstrate that the label "North American City" as widely used is inappropriate and misleading in discussion of the distinctive Canadian urban environment. Examining such elements of the cultural context as mass values, social and demographic structures, the economy, and political institutions, they reveal salient differences between Canada and the United States.

The Urban Pattern
The Urban Pattern

Author: Simon Eisner

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1993-04-16

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 9780471284284

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For more than forty years this text has been educating students about the history of city planning and its contemporary practice. The sixth edition brings students up-to-date with new coverage of computer modeling, the new exurbia and megalopolis, seismic issues, hazardous waste, development vs. no growth, environmental concerns, and participatory planning.

Cities of the Mississippi
Cities of the Mississippi

Author: John William Reps

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13: 0826209394

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Spectacular modern aerial photographs of twenty-three of the towns dramatically illustrate changes to the urban scene and demonstrate the lasting influence of the initial city patterns on subsequent growth.

Suburbia
Suburbia

Author: Donald N. Rothblatt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-29

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1000383660

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Originally published in 1986, and drawing on material from the USA, The Netherlands and Israel, this book addresses the question of whether suburban environments enhance the quality of life and which factors influence this quality. It examines whether suburbs really provide improved housing and community services compared to the central city and whether they foster rewarding social patterns and psychological well-being. It also analyses precisely what characteristics suburban areas offer and how congruent these characteristics are with the preferences of suburban residents.

Interpreting the City
Interpreting the City

Author: Truman Asa Hartshorn

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1992-04-16

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 0471887501

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The Second Edition has been rewritten to provide additional coverage of topics such as urban development and third world cities as well as social issues including homelessness, jobs/housing mismatch and transportation disadvantages. It has also been updated with 1990 Census data.