Regional Landscapes of the US and Canada

Dr. Stephen S. Birdsall is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a master's and a doctoral degree in geography from Michigan State University and is the co-author of four books and atlases.Dr. Jon Malinowski is Professor of Geography at the United States Military Academy. He holds a master's and a doctoral degree in geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the co-author of seven books.Dr. Wiley C. Thompson is the head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at West Point. He holds a master's and a doctoral degree in geography from Oregon State University. He is also an Army officer and combat veteran.

• CHAPTER 1 REGIONS AND THEMES 1CHAPTER 2 GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 19ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS CASE STUDY: Water Need: A Matter of Natural Supply and Artificial Demand 42CHAPTER 3 FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY 45PERCEPTION CASE STUDY: Manifest Destiny 62CHAPTER 4 MEGALOPOLIS 65URBAN FRINGE CASE STUDY: Queen Anne’s County, Maryland 88CHAPTER 5 THE NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CORE 91CHAPTER 6 CANADA’S NATIONAL CORE 113CHAPTER 7 THE BYPASSED EAST 131CHAPTER 8 APPALACHIA AND THE OZARKS 147CHAPTER 9 THE CHANGING SOUTH 167OLD SOUTH AGRICULTURAL CASE STUDY: The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta 188CHAPTER 10 THE SOUTHERN COASTLANDS: ON THE SUBTROPICAL MARGIN 191CULTURAL-ECONOMIC CASE STUDY: Latin America in Florida 206CHAPTER 11 THE AGRICULTURAL CORE 209A VILLAGE CASE STUDY: Clarksville, Iowa 227CHAPTER 12 THE GREAT PLAINS AND PRAIRIES 231CHAPTER 13 THE EMPTY INTERIOR 255NATURAL HAZARDS CASE STUDY: The Yellowstone Fires 276SETTLEMENT CASE STUDY: Moab, Utah 277CHAPTER 14 THE SOUTHWEST BORDER AREA: TRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 281URBAN CASE STUDY: San Antonio, the Mexican-American Cultural Capital 294CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY CASE STUDY: The Hopi Reservation 295CHAPTER 15 CALIFORNIA 299PHYSICAL CASE STUDY: Plate Tectonics and the Ring of Fire 323POLITICAL CASE STUDY: Dreaming of a Divided California 324CHAPTER 16 THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST 327A DISTINCTIVE PLACE CASE STUDY: Portland Is Different 345CHAPTER 17 THE NORTHLANDS 347CHAPTER 18 HAWAII 365GLOSSARY 379INDEX 385