Further Reading on the US and Canada
Below are some worthy reads related to the US and Canada, including regional works (such as Frazier's Great Plains) and publications about broad issues that impact our continent (such as Diamond's works on human societies and Glaeser's book on the city). The list is admittedly rather eclectic and will change as I have time to edit it (a couple of classic books providing some regional insight into Canada's culture and history even fall into the fiction genre). The books and articles listed below do not represent required readings for the course, but they do give interesting background on some of the topics we discuss in class.
A couple of further notes:
Ambrose, Stephen E. (2003) Undaunted Courage: Meriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Bryson, Bill (2006) A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. New York: Broadway Books.
Casey, Allan (2009) Lakeland: Ballad of a Freshwater Country. Vancouver: Greystone.
DePalma, Anthony (2001) Here: A Biography of the New American Continent. Toronto: HarperCollins.
Diamond, Jared (1999) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton.
Diamond, Jared (2005) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Penguin.
Esri (2012) Business Analyst Online Brochure. Esri: Redlands, CA.
Frazier, Ian (2001) Great Plains. New York: Picador.
Glaeser, Edward (2011) Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York: Penguin.
Katz, Josh (2016) Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse, and You Guys Talk, A Visual Guide. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Knox, Paul L., and Linda McCarthy (2012) Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography. New York: Pearson.
Mann, Charles C. (2006) 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. New York: Vintage.
Mann, Charles C. (2012) 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. New York: Vintage.
McGregor, Roy (2002) Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Mitchell, W.O. (1947) Who Has Seen the Wind. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Morrill, Richard (2006) Classic map revisited: The growth of Megalopolis. The Professional Geographer 58(2), 155-160.
Paullin, Charles O., and John K. Wright (1932) Historical Atlas of the United States. Richmond, VA: Online Version Published by the Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond.
Philbrick, Nathaniel (2010) The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn. New York: Penguin.
Stegner, Wallace (1954) Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the American West. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
Stegner, Wallace (1955) Wolf Willow. New York: Penguin.
Teaford, Jon C. (2008) The American Suburb: The Basics. New York: Routledge.
Vance, J.D. (2016) Hilbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. New York: HarperCollins.
- I particularly appreciate books and articles that provide historical and/or geographical context for people and events, so there is a lot of that below. I encourage you to seek out further readings on subjects and locations beyond what is listed here (and please do let me know what you find!).
- Some links may take you to a journal website to view a specific article published in that journal. You can access full-text versions of the article if you are accessing this page from a UNT computer. Other links related to books may take you to an Amazon.com site. You do not need to purchase these books, but the Amazon links provide a handy summary of key information about each book.
Ambrose, Stephen E. (2003) Undaunted Courage: Meriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Bryson, Bill (2006) A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. New York: Broadway Books.
Casey, Allan (2009) Lakeland: Ballad of a Freshwater Country. Vancouver: Greystone.
DePalma, Anthony (2001) Here: A Biography of the New American Continent. Toronto: HarperCollins.
Diamond, Jared (1999) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton.
Diamond, Jared (2005) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Penguin.
Esri (2012) Business Analyst Online Brochure. Esri: Redlands, CA.
Frazier, Ian (2001) Great Plains. New York: Picador.
Glaeser, Edward (2011) Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York: Penguin.
Katz, Josh (2016) Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse, and You Guys Talk, A Visual Guide. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Knox, Paul L., and Linda McCarthy (2012) Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography. New York: Pearson.
Mann, Charles C. (2006) 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. New York: Vintage.
Mann, Charles C. (2012) 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. New York: Vintage.
McGregor, Roy (2002) Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Mitchell, W.O. (1947) Who Has Seen the Wind. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Morrill, Richard (2006) Classic map revisited: The growth of Megalopolis. The Professional Geographer 58(2), 155-160.
Paullin, Charles O., and John K. Wright (1932) Historical Atlas of the United States. Richmond, VA: Online Version Published by the Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond.
Philbrick, Nathaniel (2010) The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn. New York: Penguin.
Stegner, Wallace (1954) Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the American West. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
Stegner, Wallace (1955) Wolf Willow. New York: Penguin.
Teaford, Jon C. (2008) The American Suburb: The Basics. New York: Routledge.
Vance, J.D. (2016) Hilbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. New York: HarperCollins.
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