American historical geographer at Syracuse who wrote The Shaping of America — a four-volume historical geography of the United States tracing how geography, colonization, and settlement produced the distinctive American regional landscapes — one of the most comprehensive geographical accounts of American development.
Demonstrated that American history is inseparable from American geography — The Shaping of America traces how the physical environment, settlement patterns, and spatial organization of American society created the regional cultures and conflicts that animate American political history.
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