Review of How the States Got Their Shapes

What is it about?

This review includes the book by Mark Stein as well as the television series by the same title. The review includes suggestions for how to use the book and the DVD in secondary school geography and history courses.

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Why is it important?

The topic, the origin of the state boundaries of the United States, lends itself well to a combined spatial and temporal approach. It thus demonstrates the blend of geographic and historical thinking that is so useful in understanding social change.