Allen G. Noble is professor and head of the Department of Geography at the Uniersity of Akron. His publications include Wood, Brick, and Stone: Studies of the North American Settlement Landscape, Ohio: An American Heartland; and India: Cultural Patterns and Processes.

Provides an overview of North American ethnic landscapes and offers portrayals of some of the ethnic groups in the United States and Canada. Vernacular Architecture Newsletter

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsPart I. IntroductionChapter 1. Migration to North America: Before, during, and after the Nineteenth CenturyPart II. Northeastern North AmericaChapter 2. Acadians in Maritime CanadaChapter 3. The Irish, English, and Scots in OntarioChapter 4. Germans in OhioChapter 5. The Welsh in OhioPart III. Southeastern North AmericaChapter 6. The Scotch-Irish and English in AppalachiaChapter 7. American Indians in the Eastern United StatesChapter 8. French Creoles on the Gulf CoastChapter 9. African-Americans in the American SouthChapter 10. Cajuns in LouisianaPart IV. Central North AmericaChapter 11. Belgians in WisconsinChapter 12. Danes in Iowa and MinnesotaChapter 13. Norwegians in WisconsinChapter 14. Finns in the Lake Superior RegionChapter 15. German-Russian Mennonites in ManitobaChapter 16. Czechs in South DakotaPart V. Western North AmericaChapter 17. Ukrainians in Western CanadaChapter 18. The Navajo in the American SouthwestChapter 19. Spanish Americans in New Mexico's Rio ArribaChapter 20. Germans in TexasChapter 21. Basques in the American WestPart VI. ConclusionChapter 22. The Immigrant Experience in the Nineteenth Century and AfterwardsGlossaryNotesReferencesContributorsIndex