North American maps for curious minds: 100 new ways to see the continent
(Book)
"100 vivid infographic maps that transform the way we understand the cultural and historical wonders of North America"--
Bucklan, M., Cizek, V., Dunnington, J., & Wright, I. (. (2021). North American maps for curious minds: 100 new ways to see the continent. New York, The Experiment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Matthew, Bucklan et al.. 2021. North American Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Continent. New York, The Experiment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Matthew, Bucklan et al., North American Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Continent. New York, The Experiment, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bucklan, Matthew,, et al. North American Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Continent. New York, The Experiment, 2021.
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505 | 0 | |a 1. Geography -- 2. Politics and Power -- 3. Nature -- 4. Culture and Sports -- 5. People and Populations -- 6. Food and Health -- 7. Industry and Transport. | |
505 | 0 | |a Foreword by Ian Wright -- Introduction -- 1. GEOGRAPHY: 1.Identity crisis: what even is North America? -- 2. Hawaii is a really long state: comparing it to the West Coast puts it in perspective -- 3. Global scale: if your state or province were a country, what size by area would it be? -- 4. Alas, Alaska: big, weird, and wonderful -- 5. Countries that count: giving a few across the U.S. their due -- 6. Drawing outside the lines: baffling North American borders -- 7. Doing a double take: city pairs to leave you second-guessing -- 8. Just keep swimming: the first country you'll reach, coast to coast -- 9. The inner banks: Canada's great island lakes and lake islands -- 10. On dry land: states and provinces not touching an ocean, gulf, or bay -- 11. The 8 greatest lakes in North America: plus 7 pretty good ones -- 12. The United States of Washington: every place named after the first president -- 13. Rhode nation: if every state were the size of Rhode Island, there would be 2,457 states -- 14. Name dropping: city names, then and now -- 15. A river runs beside it: US natural borders -- 2. POLITICS AND POWER: 16. Madam Governor: number of women governors by state or province -- 17. Belles of the ballot: when women gained the right to vote -- 18. Engendering equality: the ongoing struggle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment -- 19. Red California and blue Texas?: presidential election results since 1856 -- 20. Worth the visit?: states the candidates made time for during the 2020 general election campaign -- 21. "Did Not Vote" ends winning streak: a historic turnout finally beats the lack of turnout -- 22. States that picked the greats: predicting the pantheon of best presidents -- 23. The price of leadership: salaries of North American heads of states -- 24. Land of equality?: if every state's population had Wyoming's representation in the Senate -- 25. Coaching all the way to the bank: the highest-paid public employee by state -- 26. Monroe's lament: the dependencies of North America -- 27. Bang for the buck: who pays the most for their military? -- 28. Living on the edge: 2 out of 3 Americans live within 100 miles of the border -- 29. Where service comes first: proportion of veterans by state -- 3. NATURE: 30. Missing the forest for the trees: the can't miss trees of North America -- 31. Dog days: when does the hottest day of the year fall? -- 32. Spring hasn't sprung: Punxsutawney Phil predicts late blooms -- 33. Land before time: the greatest dinosaur finds in North America -- 34. Our biggest hits: North America's largest impact craters -- 35. Above the fruited plain: the highest elevation in each state -- 36. And now, the weather: North American weather extremes -- 37. Caving the day: cavernous wonders across North America -- 38. Supervolcano: when Yellowstone blanketed the US and Canada in ash -- 39. Perma-lost: the last glacial maximum compared to today -- 40. Where darkenss reigns: the dark skies still left for pristine stargazing -- 41. Singled out: endangered or threatened species that live entirely within one state -- 42. A second act: North American species that have staged comebacks -- 43. Let there be light: local time of sunset on the summer solstice -- 44. Don't let the sun go down on me: local time of sunset on the winter solstice -- 45. Too much time on my hands: hours of daylight on the summer solstice -- 46. Not enough time in the day: hours of daylight on the winter solstice -- 4. CULTURE AND SPORTS: 47. Tallest, fastest, steepest: record-setting amusement parks and rides of North America -- 48. Ones for the books: iconic moments in North American sports -- 49. Take me out to the crowd: the 20 largest North American stadiums by seating capacity -- 50. Topping the charts: the place names that appear in Billboard No. 1 song titles -- 51. Black American first: the places where they made their names -- 52. Don't drop the ball: the less-famous things that drop (or rise) on New Year's Eve -- 53. How the stacks stack up: the 20 largest physical public library collections in the US -- 54. Magnificent museums: the 20 most popular museums in North American by attendance -- 55. Hometown heroes: Hall-of famer birthplaces in the 4 major sports leagues -- 56. The Midus brush: the most expensive paintings of North America -- 57. Go see a Frank Lloyd Wright building: every one of his publicly accessible works -- 58. Bees expertise: winning Scripps National Spelling Bee words by winner's home state -- 59. All together now: the all-time largest gatherings these cities have ever seen -- 60. Where the stars are born: where every Best Actor and Actress Oscar winner hails from -- 61. What are you looking at?: the highest-rated programs on US TV -- 62. Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles!: every show they played in North America -- 5. PEOPLE AND POPULATIONS: 63. His name is my name, too: most common surnames by state or province -- 64. Native lands in native hands: indigenous population by state or province -- 65. Where we're coming from: most common countries of origin outside the US by state -- 66. American pie charts: origin of residents by state -- 67. Birds of a feather: most common cross-state migrations -- 68. Brightest lights, biggest cities: the top 10 most populous US cities over time -- 69. Balancing act: America's population centers of gravity -- 70. Homes away from homes: where people have second homes -- 71. Homes all around, but not a place to stay: number of second homes per unhoused person -- 72. The extremely Big Apple: 39 states have smaller populations than NYC -- 73. The language barrier: percentage of households speaking only English by country -- 74. Turtle Island: indigenous homelands in 1491 -- 75. Strangers in their own land: indigenous homelands today -- 6. LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH: 76. Wafflography: number of Waffle Houses by latitude -- 77. Fast food diet: which states are a drive-through lover's paradise? -- 78. Getting the runaround: how fast recreational runners finish a marathon by state -- 79. One for the ages: median age by state -- 80. Looking up to her: female height in North America -- 81. He's the tops: male height in North America -- 82. Men are from Alaska, women are from Puerto Rico: gender ratio by state -- 83. Running from the chapel: unmarried population by state -- 84. Finding my happy place: quality of life, happiness, and well-being in North America -- 85. I'm coming out: LGBTQ acceptance in North America -- 86. American tragedies: accident mortality by state -- 87. America, the next generation: birth rates by state -- 88. Down and out: COVID-19 anxiety and depression -- 7. INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT: 89. Expansive spans: the 10 longest bridges in North America -- 90. Lost at sea: famous shipwrecks in North American waters -- 91. Who's got the goods?: the 50 largest ports in the US -- 92. Get out of town!: How far one day of travel took you from NYC, since 1800 -- 93. Moving on up: the 50 tallest buildings in North America -- 94. Bumper to bumper, coast to coast: how long it takes to get to work by county -- 95. In the driver's seat: how America gets to work -- 96. Don't bank on it: the unbanked people of North America -- 97. Road hogs: the longest roads in the US, Canada, and Mexico -- 98. Cattle call: in which states are you likelier to run into a cow into a person? -- 99. T-minus 15 spaceports: launchpads across the US -- 100. America offline: who doesn't have internet -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors. | |
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