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Maryland Geography
James E. Dilisio
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Description for Maryland Geography
Paperback. Aimed at college-level geography students, the book will be of great interest to general readers, historians, politicians, and anyone involved in making policies relating to Maryland places. Num Pages: 320 pages, 44, 1 black & white halftones, 43 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
When he first laid eyes on the countryside around Chesapeake Bay in 1608, records reveal, Captain John Smith exclaimed, "Heaven and earth seemed never to have agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation." In Maryland Geography, James DiLisio - another admirer of the Free State - pays tribute to Maryland's rich cultural, historical, and geographical heritage. This up-to-date, in-depth account interprets the contemporary environmental conditions of the "Marylandscape" by emphasizing its evolving political and socioeconomic contours. This closely researched volume, which is loaded with instructive charts and maps, is the result of DiLisio's lifelong fascination with the geography ... Read more
When he first laid eyes on the countryside around Chesapeake Bay in 1608, records reveal, Captain John Smith exclaimed, "Heaven and earth seemed never to have agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation." In Maryland Geography, James DiLisio - another admirer of the Free State - pays tribute to Maryland's rich cultural, historical, and geographical heritage. This up-to-date, in-depth account interprets the contemporary environmental conditions of the "Marylandscape" by emphasizing its evolving political and socioeconomic contours. This closely researched volume, which is loaded with instructive charts and maps, is the result of DiLisio's lifelong fascination with the geography ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421414829
SKU
V9781421414829
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99-50
About James E. Dilisio
James E. DiLisio is former vice provost of Towson University. He is author of Maryland: A Geography.
Reviews for Maryland Geography
Overall, the book is an excellent regional overview of the Geography of Maryland. It is strongly recommended to anybody interested in knowing more about the state. —Cartographic Perspectives