Journal of Cultural Geography articles from March 2004

Journal of Cultural Geography archives from March 2004

Everyday places on the American freeway system.
March 22, 2004... ABSTRACT. The Interstate Highway System is one of the largest civil engineering works in the United States and a crucial component of urban transportation systems. Despite its inescapable presence, it has received relatively little attention...

Greer County: Texas irredenta?(Greer County, Oklahoma)
March 22, 2004... ABSTRACT. In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled against Texas and decided the ownership of Greet County, now located in southwestern Oklahoma. Prior to the ruling, Texas claimed and administered this region, treating it as an integral part of the...

Detached from their homeland: the Latter-day Saints of Chihuahua, Mexico.
March 22, 2004... ABSTRACT. Over the past few decades, the homeland concept has received an ever-increasing amount of attention by cultural geographers. While the debate surrounding the necessity and applicability of the concept continues, it is more than...

Expansion of Amish dairy farming in Wisconsin.
March 22, 2004... ABSTRACT. Amish farmers now manage over 5% of Wisconsin's dairy herds. In contrast with the steady declines in the total number of dairy farmers, the number of Amish dairymen in Wisconsin has increased by 80% since 1989. Drawing upon Dairy...

Believing in Place: a Spiritual Geography of the Great Basin.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Believing in Place: A Spiritual Geography of the Great Basin. By Richard V. Francaviglia. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003. List of illustrations, introduction, notes, bibliography, index, xxii+289pp. $24.95 hardcover. ISBN 0-87417-542-9....

Being-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place: an Anthropologist's Account of Christian Performance in Spanish America and the American South.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Being-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place: An Anthropologist's Account of Christian Performance in Spanish America and the American South. By Miles Richardson. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Acknowledgments, appendix,...

The Upland South: the Making of an American Folk Region and Landscape.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Upland South: The Making of an American Folk Region and Landscape. By Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov. Santa Fe: Center for American Places, 2003. List of figures, preface, acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, and index, xiv+121 pp. $30.00...

Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities. By John A. Jakle. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2003. Preface, introduction, gallery, appendix, and bibliography. 128pp. $34.95 cloth. ISBN 0-89013-456-1. John Jakle is no stranger...

The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore: Constructions of "Nation.".(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore: Constructions of "Nation." By Lily Kong and Brenda S. A. Yeoh. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2003. Illustrations, tables, acknowledgments, introduction, references, and index, xiii+254pp. $19.95...

The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space. By Don Mitchell. New York: Guilford Press, 2003. References and index, viii+270pp. $23.00 paper. ISBN 1-57230-847-8. Don Mitchell's visibility in the discipline has been...

Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa. By Garth A. Myers. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2003. Illustrations, preface, acknowledgments, glossary, bibliography, and index, xxii+199pp. $19.95 paperback. ISBN...