John Agnew is Professor in the Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Introduction, John Agnew; Part I: Environmental Ideals and Realities; 2. The Place of Nature in America, Jonathan Smith; 3. The Place of Value in the United States, Jonathan Smith; Part II: Political-Economic Dimensions of the American Experience; 4. America, Frontier, Nation: From Abstract Space to Wordly Place, John Agnew and Joanne Sharp; 5. Local Territories of U.S. Government: From Ideals to Politics of Place and Scale, Andrew E. G. Jonas; 6. Urban and Regional Restructuring in the United States in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century, David L. Rigby; Part III: Social-Cultural Dimensions of Americanness; 7. '...with liberty and justice for all': Negotiating Freedom and Fairness in the American Income Distribution, Janet E. Kodras; 8. A New Geography of Identity? Race, Ethnicity, and American Citizenship, Benjamin Forest; 9. Landscape, Aesthetics, and Power, James S. Duncan and David R. Lambert; 10. Mediascapes, Paul Adams; 11. American Geographical Ironies: A Conclusion, Jonathan M. Smith.

It is very clear, covers a lot of ground without any pretence of all-inclusiveness and fills an important gap in the literature for those of us who teach about the United States regularly.

John Agnew is Professor in the Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Introduction, John Agnew; Part I: Environmental Ideals and Realities; 2. The Place of Nature in America, Jonathan Smith; 3. The Place of Value in the United States, Jonathan Smith; Part II: Political-Economic Dimensions of the American Experience; 4. America, Frontier, Nation: From Abstract Space to Wordly Place, John Agnew and Joanne Sharp; 5. Local Territories of U.S. Government: From Ideals to Politics of Place and Scale, Andrew E. G. Jonas; 6. Urban and Regional Restructuring in the United States in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century, David L. Rigby; Part III: Social-Cultural Dimensions of Americanness; 7. '...with liberty and justice for all': Negotiating Freedom and Fairness in the American Income Distribution, Janet E. Kodras; 8. A New Geography of Identity? Race, Ethnicity, and American Citizenship, Benjamin Forest; 9. Landscape, Aesthetics, and Power, James S. Duncan and David R. Lambert; 10. Mediascapes, Paul Adams; 11. American Geographical Ironies: A Conclusion, Jonathan M. Smith.

It is very clear, covers a lot of ground without any pretence of all-inclusiveness and fills an important gap in the literature for those of us who teach about the United States regularly.

John Agnew is Professor in the Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Introduction, John Agnew; Part I: Environmental Ideals and Realities; 2. The Place of Nature in America, Jonathan Smith; 3. The Place of Value in the United States, Jonathan Smith; Part II: Political-Economic Dimensions of the American Experience; 4. America, Frontier, Nation: From Abstract Space to Wordly Place, John Agnew and Joanne Sharp; 5. Local Territories of U.S. Government: From Ideals to Politics of Place and Scale, Andrew E. G. Jonas; 6. Urban and Regional Restructuring in the United States in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century, David L. Rigby; Part III: Social-Cultural Dimensions of Americanness; 7. '...with liberty and justice for all': Negotiating Freedom and Fairness in the American Income Distribution, Janet E. Kodras; 8. A New Geography of Identity? Race, Ethnicity, and American Citizenship, Benjamin Forest; 9. Landscape, Aesthetics, and Power, James S. Duncan and David R. Lambert; 10. Mediascapes, Paul Adams; 11. American Geographical Ironies: A Conclusion, Jonathan M. Smith.

It is very clear, covers a lot of ground without any pretence of all-inclusiveness and fills an important gap in the literature for those of us who teach about the United States regularly.