美國(guó)文化區(qū)域課件

CulturalRegionsinAmericaCulturalRegionsinAmerica1Therehasbeenmuchargumentaboutthevalidity,eventheexistenceofculturalregionsintheUnitedStates.美國(guó)文化區(qū)域課件2IntroductionTheUSAcommonlydividedinto4regionsNortheastSouthMidwestWestIntroductionTheUSAcommonlyd3美國(guó)文化區(qū)域課件4NewEnglandThemostclearlydominantregionduringthecenturyofAmericanexpansionStronginmanyfieldsmanufacturing,commerce,finance,andmaritimeactivitySociallyandculturally(moreimportantly)education,politics,theology,literature,science,architectureNewEnglandThemostclearlydo5美國(guó)文化區(qū)域課件6NewEnglandTwosubregionsTheoldersoutheasternsegmentDenselypopulatedHighlyurbanizedandindustrializedThenewernorthernareaThinlypopulatedVermontandnearlyallofNewHampshireandMaine(after1770)NewEnglandTwosubregions7NewEnglandBostonmetroplitanareaFunctionalhub(culturallyandeconomically)InwealthandseniorityBostonhas27Universities.NewEnglandBostonmetroplitan8NewEnglandNewEnglandestablishedinthe1600sBydeeplyreligiouspeopleToescapedominationandcorruptioninEnglandMeanttobebuiltinto‘a(chǎn)cityuponahill’‘a(chǎn)HolyCommonwealth’DoctrinesJohnCalvinCovenanttheologyNewEnglandNewEnglandestabli9NewEnglandInthewordsofHenryAdams‘ResistencetosomethingwasthelawofNewEngland.’GreatuniversitiesandcollegesthereItseliteWithasenseofmissionRepresenttheidealismofthecountryNewEnglandInthewordsofHen10TheSouthThreesubregionalculturesUpperSouthDeepSouthSouthwestTheSouthThreesubregionalcul11TheSouthTheSouthAmixofBritishsouthernAristocracy,andWestAfricanCultureSouthernHospitality,andgraciousliving.PeculiarregionsBibleBeltSunBeltTheSouthTheSouth12BibleBeltBibleBelt13SunBeltSunBelt14TheSouthTheoldaristocracydreamedoftheSouthasanautonomousnationRisingfromthecottonfieldsBuiltonplantationsystem(economically)andslavery(socially)asaseparatecultureTheSouthTheoldaristocracyd15TheSouthTheSouthExuberantexpression,oraltradition,jazz,blues,tapdancing,storytelling.OnlyregioninAmericatiedtogetherbyitspastWhetheritcouldmaintainpoliticalandsocialunitywiththenon-SouthConvergencewiththerestoftheUSAineconomicbehaviorandmaterialcultureinthe20thcenturyTheSouthTheSouth16TheSouthOriginandspatialstructureCharacterizedbydiffusenessChesapeakeBayareaandnortheasterncornerofNCarolinaAnuclearhearthWasandstillisruralareadespitethegrowthoftwolargemetropolitandistricts–BaltimoreandtheHamptonRoadsconurbationsCitiesofCharlestonandSavannahNurturedtheirspecialculturesDominatedthissubregionTheSouthOriginandspatialst17TheMidlandTheMidlandBetweenNewEnglandandtheSouthPennsylvania,NewYork,NewJersey,andMarylandOneofthe3principalculturalhearthsalongtheAtlanticseaboardReceivedtheleastattentionInhabitedbytheDutch,Swedes,Finns,andBritish(polyglotethnicity)(mostpolyglotregion)ColonizationoftheareabecameasuccessafterWilliamPennlateinthe17thcenturyTheMidlandTheMidland18TheMidlandNewYorkTheheartoftheMidlandRegion‘NewYorkisnotAmerica’CommonhostilitiestoNewYorkNewYork’sculturehasimpingedontheimaginationofAmericaHybridplaceEnornoussuctionpowerOldDutcharistocracyreplacedbythearistocracyoffinance,talent,and‘cafesociety’TheMidlandNewYork19TheMidwestTheMidwestMostnearlyrepresentativeofthenationalaverageThisculturalregion–progenyofallthreeeast-coastregionsEarlyroutesoftravelallconvergeuponthestateofOhioHerethepeopleandculturaltraitsfromNewEngland,theMidland,andtheSouthwerefirstfunneledtogetherFromhere-afanlikewideningwestwardTheMidwestTheMidwest20TheMidwestTwomajorsubregionsUpperMidwestRetainsafaintNewEnglandliteraryandartisticcharacterLowerMidwestResembletheSouthCommonfeature‘Midwestisolationism’-Jeffersonian‘continentalism’Dominationofmiddle-classvaluesMore‘American’HeartlandofAmericaRustBeltChicago–largestcityintheMidwestTheMidwestTwomajorsubregion21TheFarWEstAmericanWestStronginpopularimaginationCowboyIsolatedclustersofareas8majornodesofpopulationRecentintermixtureofseveralstrainsofculture(MexicoandAsia)Generalmodernity(settlednoearlierthanthe1840s)GoldrushTheFarWEstAmericanWest22TheFarWEstSubregionsUpperRioGranderegionSouthernCaliforniaAvant-gardecharacterSuper-Americanregion-outpostCentralCaliforniaMormonregionSomewhatnon-WesterninspiritMorehomogeneousinternallyTheFarWEstSubregions23MormontrailmapMormontrailmap24CulturalRegionsinAmericaCulturalRegionsinAmerica25Therehasbeenmuchargumentaboutthevalidity,eventheexistenceofculturalregionsintheUnitedStates.美國(guó)文化區(qū)域課件26IntroductionTheUSAcommonlydividedinto4regionsNortheastSouthMidwestWestIntroductionTheUSAcommonlyd27美國(guó)文化區(qū)域課件28NewEnglandThemostclearlydominantregionduringthecenturyofAmericanexpansionStronginmanyfieldsmanufacturing,commerce,finance,andmaritimeactivitySociallyandculturally(moreimportantly)education,politics,theology,literature,science,architectureNewEnglandThemostclearlydo29美國(guó)文化區(qū)域課件30NewEnglandTwosubregionsTheoldersoutheasternsegmentDenselypopulatedHighlyurbanizedandindustrializedThenewernorthernareaThinlypopulatedVermontandnearlyallofNewHampshireandMaine(after1770)NewEnglandTwosubregions31NewEnglandBostonmetroplitanareaFunctionalhub(culturallyandeconomically)InwealthandseniorityBostonhas27Universities.NewEnglandBostonmetroplitan32NewEnglandNewEnglandestablishedinthe1600sBydeeplyreligiouspeopleToescapedominationandcorruptioninEnglandMeanttobebuiltinto‘a(chǎn)cityuponahill’‘a(chǎn)HolyCommonwealth’DoctrinesJohnCalvinCovenanttheologyNewEnglandNewEnglandestabli33NewEnglandInthewordsofHenryAdams‘ResistencetosomethingwasthelawofNewEngland.’GreatuniversitiesandcollegesthereItseliteWithasenseofmissionRepresenttheidealismofthecountryNewEnglandInthewordsofHen34TheSouthThreesubregionalculturesUpperSouthDeepSouthSouthwestTheSouthThreesubregionalcul35TheSouthTheSouthAmixofBritishsouthernAristocracy,andWestAfricanCultureSouthernHospitality,andgraciousliving.PeculiarregionsBibleBeltSunBeltTheSouthTheSouth36BibleBeltBibleBelt37SunBeltSunBelt38TheSouthTheoldaristocracydreamedoftheSouthasanautonomousnationRisingfromthecottonfieldsBuiltonplantationsystem(economically)andslavery(socially)asaseparatecultureTheSouthTheoldaristocracyd39TheSouthTheSouthExuberantexpression,oraltradition,jazz,blues,tapdancing,storytelling.OnlyregioninAmericatiedtogetherbyitspastWhetheritcouldmaintainpoliticalandsocialunitywiththenon-SouthConvergencewiththerestoftheUSAineconomicbehaviorandmaterialcultureinthe20thcenturyTheSouthTheSouth40TheSouthOriginandspatialstructureCharacterizedbydiffusenessChesapeakeBayareaandnortheasterncornerofNCarolinaAnuclearhearthWasandstillisruralareadespitethegrowthoftwolargemetropolitandistricts–BaltimoreandtheHamptonRoadsconurbationsCitiesofCharlestonandSavannahNurturedtheirspecialculturesDominatedthissubregionTheSouthOriginandspatialst41TheMidlandTheMidlandBetweenNewEnglandandtheSouthPennsylvania,NewYork,NewJersey,andMarylandOneofthe3principalculturalhearthsalongtheAtlanticseaboardReceivedtheleastattentionInhabitedbytheDutch,Swedes,Finns,andBritish(polyglotethnicity)(mostpolyglotregion)ColonizationoftheareabecameasuccessafterWilliamPennlateinthe17thcenturyTheMidlandTheMidland42TheMidlandNewYorkTheheartoftheMidlandRegion‘NewYorkisnotAmerica’CommonhostilitiestoNewYorkNewYork’sculturehasimpingedontheimaginationofAmericaHybridplaceEnornoussuctionpowerOldDutcharistocracyreplacedbythearistocracyoffinance,talent,and‘cafesociety’TheMidlandNewYork43TheMidwestTheMidwestMostnearlyrepresentativeofthenationalaverageThisculturalregion–progenyofallthreeeast-coastregionsEarlyroutesoftravelallconvergeuponthestateofOhioHerethepeopleandculturaltraitsfromNewEngland,theMidland,andtheSouthwerefirstfunneledtogetherFromhere-a