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North American maps for curious minds: 100 new ways to see the continent
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Contributors:
Cizek, Victor, author.
Dunnington, Jack, illustrator.
Wright, Ian (Blogger), writer of foreword.
Published:
New York : The Experiment, 2021.
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Book
Physical Desc:
xi, 194 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
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"100 vivid infographic maps that transform the way we understand the cultural and historical wonders of North America"--

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APA Citation (style guide)

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.

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Bucklan, Matthew,, et al. North American Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Continent. New York, The Experiment, 2021.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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5050 |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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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781615197484, 1615197486

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General Note
Maps on endpapers.
Description
"100 vivid infographic maps that transform the way we understand the cultural and historical wonders of North America"--,Publisher.