Atlas of the Great Plains

Stephen J. Lavin (1943–2011) was a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the coauthor (with J. Clark Archer and Fred M. Shelley) of the Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1788–2004 and the Atlas of American Politics, 1960–2000. Fred M. Shelley is a professor of geography at the University of Oklahoma. He is the coauthor of The Geography of North America: Environment, Political Economy, and Culture. J. Clark Archer is a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. David J. Wishart is a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Great Plains (Nebraska 2004). John C. Hudson is a professor of geography at Northwestern University and author of Across This Land: A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada.

List of Maps
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Using the Atlas
Reference Maps 1. Land and Environment    Land and Water
    Climate
2. History
    Native Americans
    Bison
    Exploring the Great Plains
    Military Forts and Trading Posts
    Railroads
    The Historic Sterling, Colorado, Area
3. Population
    Population Density
    Ethnicity and Race
    Demographics
    Ancestry
4. Rural Settlement and Agriculture
    Homesteading and Farms
    Livestock
    Crops
5. Urban Settlement and Economy
    Urban Characteristics
    Employment
    Energy
6. Politics and Government
    Selected U.S. Presidential Elections
    National Legislative Seats
7. Recreation and Services
    Recreation
    Media and Communications
    Sports
    Medical
    Artists, Performers, and Writers
8. Social Indicators
    Education
    Crime
    Religion
    Other Social Indicator
Bibliography