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<p> Jacobson's lucid and insightful analysis is multilayered and interdisciplinary. Along with deft historical interpretation and incisive sociological investigation, he integrates discussions on politics, philosophy, literature, and religion, highlighting their roles in revealing American's evolving sense of place and identity. -- Virginia Quarterly Review

Place and Belonging in America should provoke reflection on the importance of issues such as immigration, geographic mobility, and globalization for the viability of politics, properly understood. -- Jeremy Beer Perspectives on Political Science Jacobson's lucid and insightful analysis is multilayered and interdisciplinary. Along with deft historical interpretation and incisive sociological investigation, he integrates discussions on politics, philosophy, literature, and religion, highlighting their roles in revealing American's evolving sense of place and identity. Virginia Quarterly Review Paying keen attention to interpretation, textuality, and the social uses of landscape, Jacobson's study engages questions that make it a must read. -- Susan Kollin Journal of American History A thoughtful overview of major events and changes to the American linkages of place and identity to the landscape. -- William G. Holt Contemporary Sociology

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David Jacobson is a professor of sociology at Arizona State University. He is the author of Rights across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship.

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