Mapping New Jersey An Evolving Landscape

Name: Mapping New Jersey An Evolving Landscape
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ISBN: 9780813545851

ISBN-10: 0813545854

ISBN-13: 9780813545851

Edition: 2009

Authors: Maxine N. Lurie, Peter O. Wacker, Michael Siegel

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Book details

List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 9/11/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 11.00" wide x 14.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 5.126
Language: English

Viola Schiaffonati is assistant professor in the Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione of the Politecnico di Milano.

Peter O. Wacker, professor emeritus of geography at Rutgers University, is the author ofThe Musconetcong Valley of New Jersey: A Historical Geography; Land and People: A Cultural Geography of Preindustrial New Jersey Origins and Settlement Patterns;and the coauthor of Land Use in Early New Jersey: A Historical Geography (Rutgers University Press).



Introduction




Environment


Introduction



Landforms



Soils



Weather and Climate of New Jersey



Natural Hazards



Coastal Change



Vegetation and Wildlife



Water Resources




Land Use


Introduction



Settlement Patterns



The Megapolitan Transformation



Planned and Utopian Communities



Dynamics of New Jersey Agriculture



Land Renewal: Superfund Sites, Brownfields, and Grayfields



Vacant Buildable Land




Demography


Introduction



Indians



African Americans



Religious Diversity



Age and Gender



Health and Medicine



Education




Transportation


Introduction



The Era of Straight Roads



Railroads



The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey



Journey to Work (and Elsewhere)




The Economy


Introduction



Extractive Industries



Fishing



Clay, Brick, and Glass



Early Milling and Water Power



Tourism, Leisure, Hospitality in New Jersey




History and Politics


Introduction



New Jersey's Boundaries



Military History



Women in New Jersey Politics



Land as Politics and the Politics of Land