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North America

Global Prominence and Controversy

Regional Culture History

Cultural Intersection and Cultural Emergence

Native Americans

European Settlers

Wealth of Natural Resources

Primary Products and New Lands

Slower Canadian Changes

Resources of U.S. Manufacturing

Human Resources

New People, New Skills

Education and Technology

Management of Manufacturing

Canada Emerges

The Contemporary Human Mosaic

Patterns of Population Change in the United States

Contemporary Immigration Patterns in the United States

The First Nation

People on the Move: Internal Migration in the United States

Canadian Patterns of Ethnic Integration

Centrifugal Forces at Play: The Challenge of Québec and the Rights of Indigenous Canadians

Physical Geography and Human-Environment Interaction

Tropical to Polar Climates

Mountains and Plains

Western Mountains

Canadian Shield

Interior Lowlands

Appalachian Mountain System

Major Rivers and the Great Lakes

Natural Vegetation and Soils

Natural Hazards

Environmental Problems

World Roles

The United States and the United Nations

Globalization: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Global Role of the Regional Economy

Point-Counterpoint: North American Free Trade Agreement

Subregions of North America

Regional Population Distribution

The United States at a Glance

Problems of Affluence

Increasing Gap Between the Materially Wealthy and the Materially Poor

Congregation and Segregation

Urban and Rural Contrasts

Environmental Impact of Affluence: Disproportionate Consumption

People

Urban Population

Economic Development

Commercial Farming Basis

Manufacturing Becomes Central

Service Industries

Regional Policies

Urban Landscapes

Preindustrial U.S. Towns

Industrial and Commercial Cities

Post-1945 Cities

Postindustrial Cities

Gentrification

Regions of the United States

New England

Megalopolis

Manufacturing Belt

Appalachia

U.S. Heartland: Midwest and Great Plains

The South

Western Mountains

Pacific Coast

Alaska and Hawaii

Canada

People

Population Growth

Regional Changes in Population

Canadian City Landscapes

Economic Development

Regions of Canada

Atlantic Provinces

Québec

Ontario

Prairie Provinces

West Coast

Northern Canada

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