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What does it mean to be from somewhere? If most people in the United States
are "from some place else" what is an American homeland? In answering these
questions, the contributors to this discussion offer a geographical vision of
territory and the formation of discrete communities in the USA today. The text
discusses groups such as the Yankees in New England, Old Order Amish in Ohio,
African Americans in the plantation South, Navajos in the Southwest, Russians
in California, and several other peoples and places. The work explores the connection of people and place by showing how aspects
of several different North American groups found their niche and created a
homeland. Consisting of 15 essays, it is an innovative look at geographical
concepts in community settings. It is also an exploration of the academic work
taking place about homelands and their people, of how factors such as culture,
settlement, and cartographic concepts come together in American sociology.
There is much not only to study but also to celebrate about American
homelands. The authors depict the cultural effects of immigrant settlement. The
conviction that people need to participate in the life of the homeland to
achieve their own self realization, within the traditions and comforts of that
community. The work gives us a new map of the United States, a map drawn with
people's lives and the land that is their home. What does it mean to be from somewhere? If most people in the USA are "from
somewhere else" what is an American homeland? In answering these questions, the
contributors to this discussion offer a geographical vision of territory and
the formation of discrete communities in the USA today.
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Homelands: A Geography of Culture and Place across America
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