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Charles A. Stansfield - A Geography of New Jersey: The City in the Garden - 9780813525792 - V9780813525792
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A Geography of New Jersey: The City in the Garden

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Description for A Geography of New Jersey: The City in the Garden paperback. An examination of themes in both the contemporary and historical geography of New Jersey. It provides an analysis of the state's physical geography, human ecology, early European settlement, cultural landscape, race and ethnicity, agriculture, transportation, industrial development and regions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 43 b&w illustrations, 45 tables, 53 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; JFC; RGC; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
New Jersey is "the city in the garden." It is a bundle of paradoxes - a highly industrialized state famous for its seashore and mountain resorts; a fairly conservative state politically that nonetheless pioneered state land use, zoning, and environmental protection legislation. The only state to be characterized by the U.S. Census as entirely metropolitan, New Jersey has the highest population density in the nation. It is a highly suburbanized state that remains important agriculturally, one in which both very large and very small farms continue to multiply. 

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813525792
SKU
V9780813525792
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About Charles A. Stansfield
Charles A. Stansfield, Jr. is a professor of geography at Rowan University.

Reviews for A Geography of New Jersey: The City in the Garden
While the second edition is similar to the first, only with more up-to-date statistics, improved maps and figures, and organization, the material covered is factually interesting. Following an introduction . . . there are several chapters on the physical geography. . . . These are followed by interesting chapters on managing physical environments, human ecology and early European settlements, including ... Read more

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