Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title The Pacific region / edited by Jan Goggans and Aaron DiFranco
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 475 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures
Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures.
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 [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- Religion / Jeremy Bonner, Vivian Deno, and Aaron DiFranco -- Sports and recreation / Mont Christopher Hubbard, Andrea Ross, and Patrick Moser -- Timeline
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-461) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Popular culture -- Pacific States -- Encyclopedias
Regionalism -- Pacific States -- Encyclopedias
Regionalism -- Alaska -- Encyclopedias
Regionalism -- Hawaii -- Encyclopedias
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Regionalism.
Volkskunde
SUBJECT Pacific States -- Civilization -- Encyclopedias
Pacific States -- History -- Encyclopedias
Pacific States -- Social life and customs -- Encyclopedias
Alaska -- Civilization -- Encyclopedias
Hawaii -- Civilization -- Encyclopedias
Subject Alaska.
Hawaii.
United States -- Pacific States.
USA -- Weststaaten
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
History.
Form Electronic book
Author Goggans, Jan.
DiFranco, Aaron.
LC no. 2004056061
ISBN 9781849724982
1849724989
9780313085055
0313085056
0313330433
9780313330438
Other Titles Title from information screen: Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures : the Pacific region