Ethnic landscapes of America. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John A. Cross.
• Authors: Cross, John A
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; 1: Introduction to Ethnic Landscapes; 1.1 Ethnicity Defined; 1.2 Geographic Definitions of Cultural Landscapes; 1.3 Geographic Study of Migration; 1.4 Landscape Components; 1.5 Ethnicity and Landscape; 1.5.1 Religious Structures; 1.5.2 Housing; 1.6 Old and New World Experience of Ethnic Groups; 1.6.1 Timing of Immigration; 1.6.2 Size of Ethnic Group; 1.6.3 Contested Landscapes and Evolving Toponyms; 1.7 Generic American Landscapes; 1.7.1 Public Land Survey System and American Landscape; 1.7.2 Railroads and the American Landscape. 1.7.3 The Automobile and the American Landscape1.7.4 Use of Space in American Cities; 1.8 Ethnic Persistence; 1.9 Prelude to Specific Ethnic Chapters; References; 2: Native American Landscapes in the Eastern United States; 2.1 Native American Legacy of the Past; 2.1.1 Disease and Depopulation; 2.2 Prehistoric American Indian Landscapes; 2.2.1 Mississippian Temple and Platform Mounds; 2.2.2 Woodland Complex or Effigy Mound Culture; 2.2.3 Hopewell Period Earthworks and Mounds; 2.2.4 Poverty Point Culture; 2.2.5 Burial Mounds and Middens; 2.2.5.1 Burial Mounds. 2.2.5.2 Shell Middens2.3 Agricultural Legacy of Native Americans; 2.3.1 Native Americans and Forests; 2.4 Native American Transportation Routes and Toponyms; 2.5 Historic Relocations of Eastern American Indians; 2.5.1 Five Civilized Tribes and Trail of Tears; 2.5.2 The Oneida; 2.6 Contemporary Indian Reservations; 2.6.1 Sovereignty of Indian Nations; 2.6.2 Indian Gaming and Gambling Casinos; 2.6.3 Economic Development and Native American Culture; 2.7 Native Americans in Eastern United States Today; 2.7.1 Native American Ethnic Islands; 2.7.2 Mixed Ancestry. 2.8 Contemporary American Indian Landscapes in the Eastern U.S.2.8.1 Native American Casinos; 2.8.2 The Longhouse; 2.8.3 The Wigwam; 2.8.4 Native American Cemeteries; 2.8.5 Seminole Indian Landscapes; 2.9 Précis; References; 3: Native American Landscapes in the Plains and Northwest Coast; 3.1 Contemporary American Indian Populations; 3.1.1 Indians of the Great Plains; 3.1.2 Indians of California; 3.1.3 Indians of the Pacific Northwest; 3.1.4 Indigenous Populations of Alaska; 3.1.4.1 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; 3.2 Historical Landscapes of the Plains Indians. 3.2.1 Migratory Plains Indians and the Tepee3.2.2 Plains Indian Villages; 3.2.3 Sacred Sites; 3.3 Contemporary Plains Indian Landscapes; 3.4 Historical Landscapes of Northwest Coast Indians; 3.4.1 Plank Houses; 3.4.2 Totem Poles; 3.5 Contemporary Landscapes of Northwest Coast Indians; 3.6 Contemporary Landscapes of the Alaskan Inuit; 3.7 Many Western Native American Landscapes; References; 4: Native American Landscapes in the American Southwest; 4.1 Prehistoric Cultures in the Southwest; 4.1.1 Mogollon; 4.1.2 Hohokam; 4.1.3 Hakataya; 4.1.4 Anasazi.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.20973; Geography; Human geography -- United States; Ethnic groups -- United States; Cultural landscapes -- United States; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social; Cultural landscapes; Ethnic groups; Human geography; Geography; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions); Cultural Studies; Human Geography; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns); Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Human Geography; Regional geography; Cultural studies; Human geography; Cultural geography; Human Geography; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319540092; 3319540092
• Related ISBNs: 9783319540085; 3319540084
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