Exploring The Beloved Country: American Society And Culture
by Wilbur Zelinsky foreword by Donald W. Meining
University of Iowa Press, 1994 eISBN: 978-1-58729-262-0 | Paper: 978-0-87745-483-0 Library of Congress Classification E161.3.Z45 1994 Dewey Decimal Classification 917.3
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
For fifty years geographer Wilbur Zelinsky has charted the social, cultural, and historical map of the American experience. A self-confessed incurable landscape voyeur, he has produced order and pattern from massive amounts of data, zestfully finding societal meaning in the terra incognita of our postmodern existence. Now he has gathered his most original and exciting explorations into a volume that captures the nature and dynamics of this remarkable phenomenon we call the United States of America. Each the product of Zelinsky's joyous curiosity, these energetic essays trace the innermost contours of our bewildering American reality.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Wilbur Zelinsky is professor emeritus of geography at Pennsylvania State University.
REVIEWS
“If there is an unstudied cultural phenomenon, Zelinsky will find some way to measure it, map it, explain it, and assess its significance to our national life. And, if the truth were told, he does it for himself. You and I get to go along for the ride. He needs a scene as broad and diverse as North America to satisfy his insatiable interest in human diversity and cultural change.”—Calvin L. Beale
“Wilbur Zelinsky successfully combines the science of geography with the humanity of geography. As a result, his work is of interest to the scientist and general reader alike. The problem up to now has been finding Zelinsky's essays, since he has reached the widest possible audience by appearing in the widest possible distribution of journals. 'Up to now . . .' Hurrah for Exploring the Beloved Country for solving the problem!”—Roger Welsch
“…a fine collection that fétes a career within American geography. Yet at the same time [it] is a wonderful and useful commentary on the ways that the diverse people of the United States transform their domestic world.”—Journal of Historical Geography
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword
Meinig,
D. W.
About This Book and Its Author
SOCIETY
Selfward Bound?: Personal Preference Patterns and the Changing Map of American Society
A Sidelong Glance at Canadian Nationalism and Its Symbols
An Approach to the Religious Geography of the United States: Patterns of Church Membership in 1952
The Historical Geography of Season of Marriage: The United States and Canada, 1844–1974
LANDSCAPE
The Pennsylvania Town: An Overdue Geographical Account
Where the South Begins: The Northern Limit of the Cis-Appalachian South in Terms of Settlement Landscape
The Log House in Georgia
The Greek Revival House in Georgia
O Say, Can You See?: Nationalistic Emblems in the Landscape
The New England Connecting Barn
Where Every Town Is above Average: Welcoming Signs along America's Highways
On the Superabundance of Signs in Our Landscape
Gathering Places for America's Dead: How Many, Where, and Why?
LANGUAGE
Classical Town Names in the United States: The Historical Geography of an American Idea
Cultural Variation in Personal Name Patterns in the Eastern United States
Some Problems in the Distribution of Generic Terms in the Place-Names of the Northeastern United States
North America's Vernacular Regions
Unearthly Delights: Cemetery Names and the Map of the Changing American Afterworld
TRANSNATIONALISM
The Roving Palate: North America's Ethnic Restaurant Cuisines
The Twinning of the World: Sister Cities in Geographic and Historical Perspective
Conventionland USA: The Geography of a Latterday Phenomenon
References
Other Relevant Publications
Zelinsky,
Wilbur
Index
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Exploring The Beloved Country: American Society And Culture
by Wilbur Zelinsky foreword by Donald W. Meining
University of Iowa Press, 1994 eISBN: 978-1-58729-262-0 Paper: 978-0-87745-483-0
For fifty years geographer Wilbur Zelinsky has charted the social, cultural, and historical map of the American experience. A self-confessed incurable landscape voyeur, he has produced order and pattern from massive amounts of data, zestfully finding societal meaning in the terra incognita of our postmodern existence. Now he has gathered his most original and exciting explorations into a volume that captures the nature and dynamics of this remarkable phenomenon we call the United States of America. Each the product of Zelinsky's joyous curiosity, these energetic essays trace the innermost contours of our bewildering American reality.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Wilbur Zelinsky is professor emeritus of geography at Pennsylvania State University.
REVIEWS
“If there is an unstudied cultural phenomenon, Zelinsky will find some way to measure it, map it, explain it, and assess its significance to our national life. And, if the truth were told, he does it for himself. You and I get to go along for the ride. He needs a scene as broad and diverse as North America to satisfy his insatiable interest in human diversity and cultural change.”—Calvin L. Beale
“Wilbur Zelinsky successfully combines the science of geography with the humanity of geography. As a result, his work is of interest to the scientist and general reader alike. The problem up to now has been finding Zelinsky's essays, since he has reached the widest possible audience by appearing in the widest possible distribution of journals. 'Up to now . . .' Hurrah for Exploring the Beloved Country for solving the problem!”—Roger Welsch
“…a fine collection that fétes a career within American geography. Yet at the same time [it] is a wonderful and useful commentary on the ways that the diverse people of the United States transform their domestic world.”—Journal of Historical Geography
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword
Meinig,
D. W.
About This Book and Its Author
SOCIETY
Selfward Bound?: Personal Preference Patterns and the Changing Map of American Society
A Sidelong Glance at Canadian Nationalism and Its Symbols
An Approach to the Religious Geography of the United States: Patterns of Church Membership in 1952
The Historical Geography of Season of Marriage: The United States and Canada, 1844–1974
LANDSCAPE
The Pennsylvania Town: An Overdue Geographical Account
Where the South Begins: The Northern Limit of the Cis-Appalachian South in Terms of Settlement Landscape
The Log House in Georgia
The Greek Revival House in Georgia
O Say, Can You See?: Nationalistic Emblems in the Landscape
The New England Connecting Barn
Where Every Town Is above Average: Welcoming Signs along America's Highways
On the Superabundance of Signs in Our Landscape
Gathering Places for America's Dead: How Many, Where, and Why?
LANGUAGE
Classical Town Names in the United States: The Historical Geography of an American Idea
Cultural Variation in Personal Name Patterns in the Eastern United States
Some Problems in the Distribution of Generic Terms in the Place-Names of the Northeastern United States
North America's Vernacular Regions
Unearthly Delights: Cemetery Names and the Map of the Changing American Afterworld
TRANSNATIONALISM
The Roving Palate: North America's Ethnic Restaurant Cuisines
The Twinning of the World: Sister Cities in Geographic and Historical Perspective
Conventionland USA: The Geography of a Latterday Phenomenon
References
Other Relevant Publications
Zelinsky,
Wilbur
Index
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