Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. The authors xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. PART I ENVIRONMENTAL IDEALS AND REALITIES
7. 2. The place of nature 21
8. 3. The place of value 52
9. PART II POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
10. 4. America, frontier nation: From abstract space to worldly place 79
11. 5. Local territories of government: From ideals to politics of place and scale 108
12. 6. Urban and regional restructuring in the second half of the twentieth century 150
13. PART III SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF AMERICANNESS
14. 7. “With liberty and justice for all”: Negotiating freedom and fairness in the American income distribution 187
15. 8. A new geography of identity? Race, ethnicity, and American citizenship 231
16. 9. Landscape, aesthetics, and power 264
17. 10. Mediascapes 292
18. CONCLUSION
19. 11. American geographical ironies: A conclusion 319
20. Discussion questions 332
21. Further reading 338
22. Some useful websites 348
23. Index 351