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Title: The shaping of America: A geographical perspective on 500 years of history (Shaping of America; A Geographical Perspective of 500 Years of History (Hardcover)) by D. W Meinig ISBN: 0-300-03548-9 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: A good companion piece
Comment: At times enlightening, the first volume of Meinig's "Shaping of America" series is a worthy companion to American history books about the same topic. As a geographer, Meinig's concern isn't so much the history of the United States--in fact, he assumes that the reader already knows quite a bit about the topic. Rather, he is attempting to understand and represent why the Americas--specifically North America--became the continent it did, with the cultural characteristics it has. As such, models of cultural interaction are key.

Meinig's presentation is a bit grand--he could have used a more effective editor. Run-on sentences and grand adjectives pepper the text, and the organization (especially in the first section) could have been clearer. Still, this is a very important book in a very important series, because it provides a geographical perspective--one that previously had been ignored--on American history. As such, it makes a good companion to traditional histories of the North American continent.