How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein
How the States Got Their Shapes, by Mark Stein, reviewed by Lynn Heitkamp, Library Assistant, Hoyt Library
(HarperCollins, 2008, 352 pages, $22.95)
If you have ever wondered why a peninsula that looks like it should belong to Wisconsin is a part of Michigan, or why the tiny state of Rhode Island wasn’t just annexed to one of its neighbors, then this book is for you. Mark Stein takes an entertaining look at how efforts to create equal-sized states often got derailed by politics, the lay of the land and even some outright mistakes. We may take the boundaries shaded in on election night for granted, but, to this day, they reflect our country’s colonial and slave-holding past.
(HarperCollins, 2008, 352 pages, $22.95)
If you have ever wondered why a peninsula that looks like it should belong to Wisconsin is a part of Michigan, or why the tiny state of Rhode Island wasn’t just annexed to one of its neighbors, then this book is for you. Mark Stein takes an entertaining look at how efforts to create equal-sized states often got derailed by politics, the lay of the land and even some outright mistakes. We may take the boundaries shaded in on election night for granted, but, to this day, they reflect our country’s colonial and slave-holding past.
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