cover image The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 1: Atlantic America 1492-1800

The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 1: Atlantic America 1492-1800

D. W. Meinig. Yale University Press, $35 (528pp) ISBN 978-0-300-03882-8

``Meinig has written a major scholarly work with this first volume in a projected three-volume study . . . a fresh look at history,'' wrote PW of this examination into the geographical nuances, political upheavals and historical phenomena that created America. Illustrated. (September)