A Geography of New Jersey
336 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Paperback
Release Date:01 Oct 1998
ISBN:9780813525792
New Jersey is "the city in the garden." It is a bundle of paradoxes - a highly industrialized state famous for its seashore and mountain resorts; a fairly conservative state politically that nonetheless pioneered state land use, zoning, and environmental protection legislation. The only state to be characterized by the U.S. Census as entirely metropolitan, New Jersey has the highest population density in the nation. It is a highly suburbanized state that remains important agriculturally, one in which both very large and very small farms continue to multiply.
While the second edition is similar to the first, only with more up-to-date statistics, improved maps and figures, and organization, the material covered is factually interesting. Following an introduction . . . there are several chapters on the physical geography. . . . These are followed by interesting chapters on managing physical environments, human ecology and early European settlements, including excellent sections on historical geography. . . . The number and informational content of the maps is far superior in the second edition. The book is of value for use in either a high school or university regional geography class. Stansfield must be commended for his writing style that holds the interest and for his knowledgeable selection of materials to be included.
More than an ecological primer, this book provides essential social and economic information. Over one hundred figures and forty-five tables capture details to support the straightforward prose, and an annotated bibliography leads the reader on.
This is an up-to-date, comprehensive and well-written text that will appeal to both the student and the general reader. I shall make it required reading for my course on the geography of the state.
The book is chock full of nuggets of information on all aspects of New Jersey from the beginning of the colonial period to the mid-1990Æs.
Charles A. Stansfield, Jr. is a professor of geography at Rowan University.
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 Introduction
2 Physical Geography of New Jersey
3 Managing Physical Environments
4 Human Ecology in New Jersey
5 Early European Settlement
6 The Cultural Landscape
7 Population Characteristics
8 Race and Ethnicity
9 Transportation
10 Agriculture
11 Industrial Development
12 Recreation and Tourism
13 The City in the Garden
14 Region
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
IINDEX
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 Introduction
2 Physical Geography of New Jersey
3 Managing Physical Environments
4 Human Ecology in New Jersey
5 Early European Settlement
6 The Cultural Landscape
7 Population Characteristics
8 Race and Ethnicity
9 Transportation
10 Agriculture
11 Industrial Development
12 Recreation and Tourism
13 The City in the Garden
14 Region
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
IINDEX
