All Over the Map: Rethinking American Regions

by Edward L. Ayers, Stephen Nissenbaum, Patricia Nelson Limerick

Book Overview

Even as Americans keep moving all over the map in the late twentieth century, they cherish memories of the places they come from. But where do these places--these regions--come from? What makes them so real? In this groundbreaking book a distinguished group of historians explores the concept of region in America, traces changes the idea has undergone in our national experience, and examines its meaning for Americans today.

Far from diminishing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801853923
• ISBN13: 9780801853920
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher