Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 560
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Trim: 9 x 11¼
978-1-4422-7718-2 • Hardback • July 2018 • $196.00 • (£152.00)
978-1-4422-7719-9 • eBook • July 2018 • $186.00 • (£144.00)
Lisa Benton-Short is professor and chair of the Department of Geography at George Washington University. John Rennie Short is professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Chris Mayda (d. 2016) was professor of geography and sustainability at Eastern Michigan University.
Detailed Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Part One Moving toward Sustainability: Themes
1 Fundamental Concepts: Regions and Ecoregions
2 Fundamental Concepts: Sustainability
3 Regions: The Physical Context
4 Regions: The Human Context
Part Two Moving toward Ecoregions: Places
5 The Canadian Corridor: A Shift in Core Value
6 The North Atlantic Provinces and Northern New England: New Economic Hopes
7 Megalopolis: Setting Sustainable Standards
8 Appalachia: Trying to Love the Mountains
9 South Atlantic: Gentry Tidewater, Hardscrabble Piedmont, and the Northern Invasion of Dixie
10 Florida: A Victim of Its Own Geography
11 Gulf Coastal Plains and Mississippi Valley: Juxtaposition Squared
12 The Ozarks: Unexpected Economic Miracles
13 The Midwest: Corn, Cars, Conundrums, and Hope
14 The Great Plains and Canadian Prairie: Land of Opportunity, or Where the Buffalo Roam?
15 The Rocky Mountains: High in Elevations, Aspirations, and Appreciation
16 Intermontane: Baked, Beguiling, and Booming
17 Pacific Northwest: Environment as Lifestyle
18 Arctic Slope, Pacific Borderlands, and Boreal Forest: Feeling the Heat
19 California: Having It All, and Then Some
20 Hawai’i: Aloha
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
A comprehensive review of introductory themes in geography presented through a multiregional framework for North America. The focus on environmental concerns and sustainability is interwoven throughout the text and represents a vital aspect of geography that is missing from similar college textbooks.
— Donald C. Williams, Western New England University
Lisa Benton-Short and John Rennie Short have done a masterful job with this major revision of the late Chris Mayda’s work. Retaining the best of the first edition, they have embedded that content within a concise and streamlined framework and brought new clarity to key concepts. Students using the second edition should readily grasp the logic behind the book’s sustainability focus and appreciate the new features on sustainability best practices and on geospatial illumination of regional issues, alongside Mayda’s explorations of systems thinking on environmental problems. The revised edition will serve instructors well for engaged and critical approaches to the teaching of North American regional geography.— G. Rebecca Dobbs, Western Carolina University
The second edition of A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada powerfully and systematically links basic concepts, theories of sustainability, and the importance of place. Social scientists and others interested in why regions are different, how those differences emerge over time, as well as implications for the future will find this book indispensable.— Cornelia B. Flora, Iowa State University
In this second edition, Lisa Benton-Short and John Rennie Short very carefully complement the late Chris Mayda's life project with their own distinctive expertise in human geography and urbanization. In doing so, they preserve her personal and intellectual legacy while providing additional insight and expertise. Thus, readers continue to have a book that ‘has heart,’ is built directly from a geographer’s travel observations and interactions with the landscape, pays heed to sustainability as perhaps the leading issue of our time. I look forward to my continued use of this book for years to come!— George Pomeroy, Shippensburg University
Sustainable and environmental focus woven into traditional regional subject matterConsistently structured for teaching easeFull-color photos and mapsTerms and places listed for each regional chapter"Did You Know?" sections highlight interesting regional factsQuestions at the end of each chapter offer subjects for discussion or studyAncillaries include:
-Editable PowerPoints to augment teaching preparation
-Online resources including a glossary and additional photos
-A testbank, prepared by the author, is available in the Respondus computerized testbank format. Respondus LE is available for free and can be used to automate the process of creating print tests. Respondus 3.5 (available for purchase or via a school site license) can prepare tests to be uploaded to online course management systems like Blackboard. Visit the Respondus Test Bank Network to request a copy of the Mayda A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada testbank. For more information about the testbank, e-mail textbooks@rowman.com.New featuresForty percent new materialEnhanced focus on immigration and diversityStronger emphasis on urban issues and trendsSix new boxes for each chapterNew questions for discussionUpdated statistics, suggested readings, and Internet sourcesAdditional photos and maps
FOR PROFESSORS
Test Bank. The Test Bank includes a variety of test questions and is available in either Word or PDF formats. For every chapter in the text, the Test Bank includes a complete test with a variety of question types, including multiple choice, true false, and essay formats.
Lecture Notes. The Lecture Notes provide the tables and figures from the text.