A magnificent piece of work. Not only is the book highly original in its combining of political and economic themes in a geographical history of the American past, it is based on a thorough review of appropriate literature and a considerable amount of pathbreaking original empirical research.
John Agnew, UCLA Will surely stand as a challenging and thought-provoking work ... Read morein the years to come. . . . The abundance of historical data and argument [Earle] presents can only add to our understanding of American history. It is a fitting monument to his life's work as a historical geographer.
H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
In The American Way, Carville Earle advances a sweeping, even breathtaking in scope, synthesis of American political economy, which challenges scholars to rethink conventional interpretations of the nation's changing geographies associated with different periods of time.
Edward K. Muller, University of Pittsburgh [A] bold and sweeping work that attempts to provide an intellectual coherence to the patterns of historical geography from the colonial period to modern times.
Sukkoo Kim
Economic Historical Services
Earle provides depth and analysis toward a greater understanding of [U.S.] economic might. . . . Complemented by a liberal number of maps and a rich and varied bibliography. Recommended.
CHOICE
The American Way is a provocative work that deserves our attention.
Eh.Net: The Economic History Network
This is a stimulating book that may leave readers less optimistic than the author. Earle helps us appreciate why the debate about republican and Whig origins of the American Constitution will likely be unending. Earle's provocative vision gives historians and historical geographers, as well as Americans and their global neighbors, some ideas to challenge and even more to ponder.
American Historical Review
In the The American Way Carville Earle advances a sweeping, even breathtaking in scope, synthesis of American political economy, which challenges scholars to rethink conventional interpretations of the nation's changing geographies associated with different periods of time.
Edward K. Muller
University Of Pittsburgh
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