{"product_id":"across-this-land-9781421437583","title":"Across This Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating overview of the lands and peoples of the United States and Canada, both past and present.   Based on decades of research and written in clear, concise prose by one of the foremost geographers in North America, John C. Hudson's Across This Land is a comprehensive regional geography of the North American continent. Dividing the terrain into ten regions, which are then subdivided into twenty-seven smaller areas, Hudson's brisk narrative reveals the dynamic processes of each area's distinctive place-specific characteristics. Focusing on how human activities have shaped and have been shaped by the natural environment, Hudson considers physical, political, and historical geography. He also highlights related topics, including resource exploitation, economic development, and population change. Praised in its first edition as a readable and reliable interpretation of United States and Canadian geography, the revised Across This Land retains these strengths while adding substantia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003ePART I. Atlantic Canada and Quebec\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Newfoundland and Labrador\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Quebec\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Maritimes\u003cbr\u003ePART II. The Northeast\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. New England\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. New York and Ontario\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Middle Atlantic\u003cbr\u003ePART III. The Upland South\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Southern Appalachians\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Interior Low Plateaus\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Ozarks and the Ouachitas\u003cbr\u003ePART IV. The Lowland South\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Southeastern Piedmont and the Coastal Plain\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Florida Peninsula \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Gulf Coastal Plain and the Alluvial Mississippi Valley\u003cbr\u003ePART V. The Middle West\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Corn Belt\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. The Lower Great Lakes\u003cbr\u003ePART VI. The Central Plains\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Prairie Wheat Lands\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Texas and the Southern Plains\u003cbr\u003ePART VII. The Western Plains and the Rocky Mountains\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. The Southern Rocky Mountains and the High Plains\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. The Missouri Plateau\u003cbr\u003ePART VIII. The Intermountain West\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. The Northern Rocky Mountains and the Columbia–Snake Plateau\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. The Great Basin\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. The Colorado Plateau and the Desert Southwest\u003cbr\u003ePART IX. The North\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. The Upper Great Lakes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. The Canadian Shield\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. The Far North\u003cbr\u003ePART X. The Pacific Realm\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. The Pacific Northwest\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26. California\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27. Hawaii\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408137757015,"sku":"9781421437583","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421437583.jpg?v=1730501724","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/across-this-land-9781421437583","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}