All over the Map Rethinking American Regions

Name: All over the Map Rethinking American Regions
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ISBN: 9780801853920

ISBN-10: 0801853923

ISBN-13: 9780801853920

Edition: 1996

Authors: Edward L. Ayers, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Stephen Nissenbaum, Peter S. Onuf

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Even as Americans keep moving "all over the map" in the late twentieth century, they cherish memories of the places they come from. But where do these places--these regions--come from? What makes them so real? In this groundbreaking book a distinguished group of historians explores the concept of region in America, traces changes the idea has undergone in our national experience, and examines its meaning for Americans today. Far from diminishing in importance, the authors conclude, regional differences continue to play a significant role in Americans' self-image. Regional identity, in fact, has always been fed by the very forces that many people think threaten its existence today: a…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 1/5/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Patricia Nelson Limerick is a professor of history & chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.



Preface


Introduction




Federalism, Republicanism, and the Origins of American Sectionalism




New England as Region and Nation




What We Talk about When We Talk about the South




Region and Reason



Notes


Contributors


Index