Highly Localized Vernacular Regionalization in the Allentown-Bethlehem Area,PA-NJ* |
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| Authors: | Douglas E Heath |
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| Abstract: | Yi-Fu Tuan's cognitive theory of the construction of place suggests the need for a higher level of resolution in research on American local vernacular regions. A survey-based case study of the Allentown-Bethlehem area demonstrates that municipal data can substantially refine an existing county-based delimitation by revealing previously undocumented regions and subregions, areas with mixed regional identity, and areas lacking regional identity. The resulting delimitations of subcounty vernacular regions are sufficiently precise to disclose a striking correspondence with area school districts. |
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| Keywords: | place vernacular region scale localization Pennsylvania |
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