Ethnic landscapes of America

• Main Author: Cross, John A. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Subjects: Human geography > United States.; Ethnic groups > United States.; Cultural landscapes > United States.; United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319540092; 9783319540085
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This volume provides a comprehensive catalog of how various ethnic groups in the United States of America have differently shaped their cultural landscape. Author John Cross links an overview of the spatial distributions of many of the ethnic populations of the United States with highly detailed dis...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments; Contents; 1: Introduction to Ethnic Landscapes; 1.1 Ethnicity Defined; 1.2 Geographic Definitions of Cultural Landscapes; 1.3 Geographic Study of Migration; 1.4 Landscape Components; 1.5 Ethnicity and Landscape; 1.5.1 Religious Structures; 1.5.2 Housing; 1.6 Old and New World Experience of Ethnic Groups; 1.6.1 Timing of Immigration; 1.6.2 Size of Ethnic Group; 1.6.3 Contested Landscapes and Evolving Toponyms; 1.7 Generic American Landscapes; 1.7.1 Public Land Survey System and American Landscape; 1.7.2 Railroads and the American Landscape.
• 1.7.3 The Automobile and the American Landscape1.7.4 Use of Space in American Cities; 1.8 Ethnic Persistence; 1.9 Prelude to Specific Ethnic Chapters; References; 2: Native American Landscapes in the Eastern United States; 2.1 Native American Legacy of the Past; 2.1.1 Disease and Depopulation; 2.2 Prehistoric American Indian Landscapes; 2.2.1 Mississippian Temple and Platform Mounds; 2.2.2 Woodland Complex or Effigy Mound Culture; 2.2.3 Hopewell Period Earthworks and Mounds; 2.2.4 Poverty Point Culture; 2.2.5 Burial Mounds and Middens; 2.2.5.1 Burial Mounds.
• 2.2.5.2 Shell Middens2.3 Agricultural Legacy of Native Americans; 2.3.1 Native Americans and Forests; 2.4 Native American Transportation Routes and Toponyms; 2.5 Historic Relocations of Eastern American Indians; 2.5.1 Five Civilized Tribes and Trail of Tears; 2.5.2 The Oneida; 2.6 Contemporary Indian Reservations; 2.6.1 Sovereignty of Indian Nations; 2.6.2 Indian Gaming and Gambling Casinos; 2.6.3 Economic Development and Native American Culture; 2.7 Native Americans in Eastern United States Today; 2.7.1 Native American Ethnic Islands; 2.7.2 Mixed Ancestry.
• 2.8 Contemporary American Indian Landscapes in the Eastern U.S.2.8.1 Native American Casinos; 2.8.2 The Longhouse; 2.8.3 The Wigwam; 2.8.4 Native American Cemeteries; 2.8.5 Seminole Indian Landscapes; 2.9 Précis; References; 3: Native American Landscapes in the Plains and Northwest Coast; 3.1 Contemporary American Indian Populations; 3.1.1 Indians of the Great Plains; 3.1.2 Indians of California; 3.1.3 Indians of the Pacific Northwest; 3.1.4 Indigenous Populations of Alaska; 3.1.4.1 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; 3.2 Historical Landscapes of the Plains Indians.
• 3.2.1 Migratory Plains Indians and the Tepee3.2.2 Plains Indian Villages; 3.2.3 Sacred Sites; 3.3 Contemporary Plains Indian Landscapes; 3.4 Historical Landscapes of Northwest Coast Indians; 3.4.1 Plank Houses; 3.4.2 Totem Poles; 3.5 Contemporary Landscapes of Northwest Coast Indians; 3.6 Contemporary Landscapes of the Alaskan Inuit; 3.7 Many Western Native American Landscapes; References; 4: Native American Landscapes in the American Southwest; 4.1 Prehistoric Cultures in the Southwest; 4.1.1 Mogollon; 4.1.2 Hohokam; 4.1.3 Hakataya; 4.1.4 Anasazi.