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Exploring the Beloved Country : Geographic Forays Into American Society and Culture American Land and Life Series
author
:
Zelinsky, Wilbur.
publisher
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University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0877454833
print isbn13
:
9780877454830
ebook isbn13
:
9781587292620
language
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English
subject
United States--Geography, United States--Civilization, Human geography--United States, Landscape--United States, Names, Geographical--United States.
publication date
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1994
lcc
:
E161.3.Z45 1994eb
ddc
:
917.3
subject
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United States--Geography, United States--Civilization, Human geography--United States, Landscape--United States, Names, Geographical--United States.
Page i
Exploring the Beloved Country
Page ii
The American Land and Life Series Edited by Wayne Franklin
Page iii
Exploring the Beloved Country
Geographic Forays Into American Society and Culture
By Wilbur Zelinsky Foreword by D.W. Meinig
University of Iowa Press Iowa City
Page iv
University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright 1994 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Design by Richard Hendel No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zelinsky, Wilbur, 1921-
Exploring the beloved country: geographic forays into American society and culture / by Wilbur Zelinsky; foreword by D.W. Meinig. p. cm. (American land and life series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87745-484-1, ISBN 0-87745-483-3 1. United States Geography. 2. United States Civilization. 3. Human geography United States. 4. Landscape United States. 5. Names, Geographical United States. I. Title. II. Series. Ei161.3.Z45 1994 917.3 dc20 94-24887 CIP
Page v
To a most extraordinary daughter
Page vii
CONTENTS
Foreword
by D.W. Meinig
ix
About This Book and Its Author
xi
Society
Selfward Bound?: Personal Preference Patterns and the Changing Map of American Society
3
A Sidelong Glance at Canadian Nationalism and Its Symbols
45
An Approach to the Religious Geography of the United States: Patterns of Church Membership in 1952
63
The Historical Geography of Season of Marriage: The United States and Canada, 1844-1974
132
Landscape
The Pennsylvania Town: An Overdue Geographical Account
159
Where the South Begins: The Northern Limit of the Cis-Appalachian South in Terms of Settlement Landscape
183
The Log House in Georgia
193
The Greek Revival House in Georgia
214
O Say, Can You See?: Nationalistic Emblems in the Landscape
221
The New England Connecting Barn
238
Where Every Town Is above Average: Welcoming Signs along America's Highways
252
On the Superabundance of Signs in Our Landscape
268
Gathering Places for America's Dead: How Many, Where, and Why?
278
Page viii
Language
Classical Town Names in the United States: The Historical Geography of an American Idea
295
Cultural Variation in Personal Name Patterns in the Eastern United States
329
Some Problems in the Distribution of Generic Terms in the Place-Names of the Northeastern United States
366
North America's Vernacular Regions
410
Unearthly Delights: Cemetery Names and the Map of the Changing American Afterworld
437
Transnationalism
The Roving Palate: North America's Ethnic Restaurant Cuisines
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