The United States: a contemporary human geography

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction: economic dynamism and spatial change demographic and social change. Part 2 Population geography of the US: census geography of the US growth and change the agrarian period the industrializing period postwar and modern periods what does the future hold for US population growth? Part 3 Culture and environment: America as a new Eden two views of America the frontier spirit rural America industrial America urban America a new view of nature government views cultural regions. Part 4 The political organization of US space: the nature of the State the state in the United States the operation of the American form of government the political manipulation of American space space in American political processes. Part 5 The economic organization of US space: the evolution of the urban system development under advanced capitalism the role of government in urban and regional development overall perspectives. Part 6 Rural America: rural America - ideal and reality shaping rural America regional vignettes contemporary forces for change. Part 7 Metropolitan development: internal structure of American cities suburbanization, inter-regional shifts, and central city decline the American city of the 1980s urban policy and metropolitan development. Part 8 Geographic aspects of social problems: American social problems geographic patterns of social inequality the causes and costs of crime alcohol and substance abuse the nuclear arms race - the ultimate social problem? Part 9 Living in America: the outsiders' views the insiders' views in summary.