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American Space/American Place

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ABSTRACT

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

PART I ENVIRONMENTAL IDEALS AND REALITIES

chapter 2|31 pages

The place of nature

chapter 3|25 pages

The place of value

part |2 pages

PART II POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

chapter 4|29 pages

America, frontier nation: From abstract space to worldly place

chapter 5|42 pages

Local territories of government: From ideals to politics of place and scale

chapter 6|35 pages

Urban and regional restructuring in the second half of the twentieth century

part |2 pages

PART III SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF AMERICANNESS

chapter 7|44 pages

“With liberty and justice for all” : Negotiating freedom and fairness in the American income distribution

chapter 8|33 pages

A new geography of identity? Race, ethnicity, and American citizenship

chapter 9|28 pages

Landscape, aesthetics, and power

chapter 10|25 pages

Mediascapes

part |2 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter 11|13 pages

American geographical ironies: A conclusion