how geography shapes America's role in the world Kaplan, Robert D. 1952- creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Random House [2017] 2017 First edition. monographic eng Eng

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201 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm "As a boy, Robert Kaplan listened to his truck-driver father tell evocative stories about traveling across America in his youth, travels in which he learned to understand the country literally from the ground up. In Earning the Rockies, Kaplan undertakes his own cross-country journey to recapture an appreciation of American geography often lost in the jet age. Along the way, he witnesses both prosperity and decline--increasingly cosmopolitan cities that thrive on globalization, impoverished towns denuded by the loss of manufacturing--and paints a bracingly clear picture of America today. Kaplan lays bare the roots of American greatness--the fact that we are a nation, empire, and continent all at once--and how westward expansion shaped our national character, and should shape our foreign policy"--Provided by publisher. Invocation -- Earning the Rockies -- A Continental Empire -- Notes on a Vertical Landscape -- Notes on a Horizontal Landscape -- Cathay -- Epilogue. Robert D. Kaplan. Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index. n-us--- United States Geography United States Description and travel Kaplan, Robert D 1952- Travel United States Landscapes Social aspects United States City and town life United States United States Social conditions 1980- United States Territorial expansion Imperialism History National characteristics, American United States Foreign relations Philosophy Estados Unidos Geografía Estados Unidos Descripciones y viajes 002 E 161.3 K17e 2017 306.097309/048 9780399588211 (alk. paper) 2016013488 DLC 160412 20230404125748.0 128462 eng