Table of Contents for Our Fifty States

Foreword

7

(1)

Former President Jimmy Carter

Map of Our Fifty United States

8

(3)

Washington, D.C.

11

(2)

THE NORTHEAST

13

(48)

Ancient Wilderness Meets Modern Megalopolis

14

(47)

Connecticut

17

(4)

Delaware

21

(4)

Maine

25

(4)

Maryland

29

(4)

Massachusetts

33

(4)

New Hampshire

37

(4)

New Jersey

41

(4)

New York

45

(4)

Pennsylvania

49

(4)

Rhode Island

53

(4)

Vermont

57

(4)

THE SOUTHEAST

61

(52)

Tradition and Change Between Two Coasts

62

(51)

Alabama

65

(4)

Arkansas

69

(4)

Florida

73

(4)

Georgia

77

(4)

Kentucky

81

(4)

Louisiana

85

(4)

Mississippi

89

(4)

North Carolina

93

(4)

South Carolina

97

(4)

Tennessee

101

(4)

Virginia

105

(4)

West Virginia

109

(4)

THE MIDWEST

113

(52)

Land of Plenty Under the Prairie Sky

114

(51)

Illinois

117

(4)

Indiana

121

(4)

Iowa

125

(4)

Kansas

129

(4)

Michigan

133

(4)

Minnesota

137

(4)

Missouri

141

(4)

Nebraska

145

(4)

North Dakota

149

(4)

Ohio

153

(4)

South Dakota

157

(4)

Wisconsin

161

(4)

THE SOUTH WEST

165

(20)

Enchanted Places and Multicultural Faces

166

(19)

Arizona

169

(4)

New Mexico

173

(4)

Oklahoma

177

(4)

Texas

181

(4)

THE WEST

185

(49)

A Restless and Enduring Frontier

186

(46)

Alaska

189

(4)

California

193

(4)

Colorado

197

(4)

Hawaii

201

(4)

Idaho

205

(4)

Montana

209

(4)

Nevada

213

(4)

Oregon

217

(4)

Utah

221

(4)

Washington

225

(4)

Wyoming

229

(3)

U.S. Territories

232

(2)

Facts & Figures and Map Key

234

(1)

Resources

235

(1)

Index

236

(4)

Credits

240