The shaping of America
Subtitle: a geographical perspective on 500 years of history
By: D.W. Meinig.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Subjects: United States  -- History.; United States -- Historical geography.
Description: Volume one examines how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups ultimately created a set of distict regional societies. Volume two emphasises the flux, uncertainty, and unpredictablilty of the expansion into continental America, showing how a multitude of individuals confronted complex and problematic issues.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: v. 1, p. 461-479.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Atlantic America, 1492-1800.