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1 online resource (268 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 INTRODUCTION; Some Basic Themes; Variations on the Themes; The City of New Jersey -- 2 EARLY SETTLEMENT; Influence of Amerindians; East Jersey and West Jersey; Other Boundary Problems; 3 THE PHYSICAL SETTING; Landforms; The Seashore Environment; Climate; Geological Resources; Soils and Natural Vegetation; 4 THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; Critical Stages; Names on the Land; Telephone-Directory Listings; Is New Jersey a Political Bellwether?; 5 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS |
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Population Growth PatternsBlacks in New Jersey; Ethnic-Racial Distributions; Case Study: Essex County; 6 TRANSPORTATION; Canals and Economic Growth; Railroads' Effects on Development; Ocean Ports; New Jersey in the Air Age; 7 AGRICULTURE; Locational Factors; Historical Development; Modern Agriculture; The Paving of the Gardens; 8 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; Locational Factors; Early Manufacturing; The Early Nineteenth Century; The Changing Economy, 1950 to 1980; Case Study: The Ski Industry; 9 THE METROPOLITAN STATE; The Highly Centralized City; Growth Dynamics of Megalopolis |
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From Planetary City to Galactic CityCase Study: A Galactic City; Case Study: Atlantic City; 10 REGIONS; Regionalization; The Seven Regions; Case Study: The Pinelands; Case Study: Where Is South Jersey?; 11 PLANNING; Preserving the Pinelands; The Seashore and Wetlands; Case Study: The Tocks Island Dam; Future Landscapes; Bibliography, Selected and Annotated; Index |
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Print version record |
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Geography.
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Historical geography.
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Geography
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geography.
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Geography
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Historical geography
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New Jersey. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80046086
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| Subject |
New Jersey
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429696220 |
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0429696221 |
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