Mark, the SW is defined by the definer. Your chosen geographer has one definition. Others have a different one. But you go your way, others will go theirs. mcneely ---- "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: > You mean like D. W. Meinig, geographer and author of the four-volume > The Shaping of America (Yale University Press) and The Southwest? As > well as the National Geographic Historical Geography maps? Including > the one for the Southwest? > > The Southwest is defined by the presence of three cultures: Native > American, Spanish/Hispanic, and Anglo. Native American is mostly > missing from the Trans Pecos region. > > But Texans like to tell it a different way. > > Mark > > > On Mar 25, 2011, at 3:14 PM, mcneely4@COX.NET wrote: > > > But anyone who doesn't include the Trans Pecos region of Texas as > > part of the SW has little or no experience in the SW. > -- David McNeely |
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