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 andPolitical
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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