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The Metropolitan Frontier and American Politics - Cities of the Prairie (Hardcover)
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The Metropolitan Frontier and American Politics - Cities of the Prairie (Hardcover)
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American civilization has been shaped by four decisive forces: the
frontier, migration, sectionalism, and federalism. The frontier has
offered abundance to those who would/could take advantage of its
opportunities, stimulated technological innovation, and been the
source of continuous change in social structure and economic
organization; migration has been responsible for relocating
cultures from the Old world to the New; various sections of
geographic territories have adjusted to the overall American
culture without losing their individual distinctiveness; and
federalism has shaped the United States' political and social
organization.The Metropolitan Frontier and American Politics was
begun in the late 1950s under the auspices of the University of
Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs as a study of
the eight "lesser" metropolitan areas in Illinois. What started out
as a design for "community maps" of each area, with the intent to
outline their particular political systems, led to a major study of
metropolitan cities of the prairie--the "heartland" area between
the Great Lakes and the Continental Divide--with an examination of
the processes that have shaped American politics.The distinctive
features of geographic areas that Elazar discovered can be
understood as reflections of the differences in cultural
backgrounds of their respective settlers. Understanding these
communities requires an examination of their place in the federal
system, the impact of frontier and section upon them, and a study
of the cultures that inform them as civil communities. The volume
is consequently divided into three parts: "Cities, Frontiers, and
Sections," "Streams of Migration and Political Culture," and
"Cities, States, and Nation," each of which explores Elazar's
concerns in discovering the interrelationship between the cities of
the frontier and American politics.A prequel to The Closing of the
Metropolitan Frontier (published by Transaction in 2002), The
Metropolitan Frontier and American Politics will be of great
interest to students of politics, American history, and
ethnography.
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