The Pacific region
Title:
The Pacific region
Author:
Goggans, Jan.
ISBN:
9781849724982
9780313085055
9780313330438
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiv, 475 p.) : ill., maps.
Series:
The Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures
Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures.
General Note:
Title supplied by vendor.
Includes graphical cross-reference mapper.
Contents:
Architecture / Julie Nicoletta, Merry Ovnick, and Spencer Leineweber -- Art / Linda Noveroske Rentner and Janet L. Steinbright -- Ecology and environment / M. Kathryn Davis -- Ethnicity / Aaron DiFranco and Kella de Castro Svetich -- Fashion / Susan B. Kaiser and Linda B. Arthur -- Film and theater / Georges Van Den Abbeele, John T. Caldwell, Jan Groggans ... [et al.] -- Folklore / Barre Toelken -- Food / Kimberly D. Nettles, Melissa Salazar, and Alice McLean -- Language / Kevin Donald, Ritsuko Kikusawa, and Chris J. Sindt -- Music / Pauline Tuttle, Valerie Samson, Sydney Hutchinson ... [et al.] -- Religion / Jeremy Bonner, Vivian Deno, and Aaron DiFranco -- Sports and recreation / Mont Christopher Hubbard, Andrea Ross, and Patrick Moser -- Timeline.
Abstract:
Explores the marvelously eclectic cultures that define the Pacific region, including the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawai'i. Provides a detailed and fascinating look at American regionalism along the Pacific Rim.
Electronic Access:
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