The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Vol. 1: Atlantic America, 1492-1800 (Paperback) - Softcover

Meinig, D. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300038828 ISBN 13: 9780300038828

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1988

Synopsis

This entirely fresh interpretation of American history by a renowned historical geographer is the first in a projected three-volume series. Meinig here focuses on colonial America, examining how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups―Europeans, Africans, American Indians―ultimately created a set of distinct regional societies. Richly illustrated with more then forty specially prepared maps and contemporary illustrations, this volume prompts us to rethink the settling of North America.
“A standard work in its field. . . . For readers seeking a bird’s-eye view of early American geography. . . there is no better guide available.”―William Cronon, New York Times Book Review
“Simply the best book in the English language by a contemporary geographer I have read over the past forty-odd years, and one of the most important. . . . A magisterial achievement, a grand shaking up and reassembling of fact and ideas.”―Wilbur Zelinsky, Journal of Geography
“All historians of the American experience should read and come to terms with this book.”―Malcolm J. Rohrbough, Georgia Historical Quarterly
“This book is a masterpiece in the best and old sense of the word.”―Alfred W. Crosby, Southwestern Historical Quarterly

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Meinig here focuses on colonial America, examining how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups - Europeans, Africans, American Indians - ultimately created a set of distinct regional societies.

About the Author:

D. W. Meinig is Maxwell Research Professor of Geography at Syracuse University and the author of Volumes 1 and 2 of The Shaping of America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0300038828
• ISBN 13: 9780300038828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 524