TheHistoricalAtlasofOklahomahasbeenanindispensablereferenceforlongerthanfourdecades.IssuedontheeveoftheOklahomaCentennial,thisfourtheditionoftheatlasismuchmorethananupdatedversion.OklahomaauthorsCharlesRobertGoinsandDanneyGoblearejoinedbyseventeencontributingscholars(includingnaturalandphysicalscientists)andotherprofessionalstopresent119topics.Toexploreeach,oneormoremapswithexplanatorylegends,tables,andgraphsarepairedwithaninterpretiveessay.CreatedbycartographerJamesH.Anderson,morethan170newmaps--infullcolor--chartOklahoma’srichandvariedhistoryandcurrentpopulationtrends.Likeearliereditions,theAtlasdescribesOklahoma’slandformsandnaturalresourcesandtracesthestate’sgeographichistoryfromtheearliesthunter-gathererbandstotoday’smostlyurbaninhabitants.Newtothiseditionaremapsexploringadditionalaspectsofthestate’seconomyanditsdiversesociety,politics,andculture,suchasblackhistory,women’sexperiences,andthemusicians,writers,andotherartistsidentifiedwiththestate.Reflectingthemostup-to-dateinformationasof2005fromtheU.S.CensusBureauandothersources,thisneweditionoftheHistoricalAtlasofOklahomawillbeaninvaluableresourceforscholars,teachers,students,andanyreaderwhowantstoknowmoreaboutthehistoryofOklahoma.
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