David H. Kaplan

Stratification, Race/Ethnicity and

David H. Kaplan

Abstract This entry examines the different ways by which ethnicity/race and stratification are conjoined. It first looks into how separate ethnic groups can be placed within ranked systems, and various means by which social stratification is manifest. It then explores how stratification …

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DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy

C. T. Holcomb, Joseph Abbate, Alfredo Abe, A. Abrams et autres

Abstract The DIII-D tokamak has elucidated crucial physics and developed projectable solutions for ITER and fusion power plants in the key areas of core performance, boundary heat and particle transport, and integrated scenario operation, with closing the core-edge integration knowledge gap being …

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Gauging Geography's Vitality through National and Regional Organizations

David H. Kaplan

abstract: The establishment of formal disciplinary-based associations is vital to the growth of the discipline and in facilitating the activities of people who work within the discipline. This geographical note examines the development and role of geography associations in the United States. …

Nationalism

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn L. Hannum

Nationalism provides a comprehensive exploration of nationalist identity, ideology, and practice which centers the geographic underpinnings of the phenomenon. It unpacks the fundamental principles and the many variations of this global phenomenon, as it examines nationalism through a spatial lens. Nationalism is …

Mapping and Symbols of Nationhood

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn Hannum

Individuals and sub-groups that identify themselves with a nation rarely do so because of a keen understanding of national or ethnic origin. Rather, members of a national group identify themselves in national symbology that is deployed in obvious and subtle, “hot,” and …

Nationalism at the Local Scale

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn Hannum

Nationalism is primarily considered at a “national” scale: a larger unit that comprises considerable territory and both rural and urban terrain. However, it is also a vital aspect of the local scale. Cities assume an outsized meaning to the nation. This chapter …

Growth of an Ideology

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn Hannum

One of history’s greatest pivots occurred as two revolutions rocked the late 18th century. Both the American and French revolutions insistently introduced nationalism to the world. What followed in the 19th and 20th centuries were a series of movements, consolidations, and revolutions …

Multinational, Federalist, and Supranationalist States

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn Hannum

For most of history, all substantial political entities were multicultural. Ancient and medieval empires cobbled together dozens, hundreds, of distinct cultural communities under a single ruler. Smaller states, not grand enough to be considered empires, contained fewer distinct cultures but were also …

Ethno-Regionalist and Ethno-Nationalist Movements

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn Hannum

A larger sense of identity fights against a more circumscribed sense of ethnic identity that marks this group off ethnically and considers the state it controls to be more of an extension of its culture. Breakaway ethno-regionalist movements believe that they need …

Territory, Networks, and Place

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn Hannum

In this chapter, the authors discuss what is meant by territory and territoriality and how this relates to nationalism. They then examines in detail the means by which nationalist movements (whether state based or insurgent) utilize territory: by impacting the discursive landscape, …

How Do Nationalism and Geography Interact?

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn L. Hannum

The significance of territory to human society far predates nationalism. Territorial nationalism became an important principle in the development of 19th-century nation-states, especially Germany and Italy, but also in the Americas, where new states were being formed under nationalist ideals. Geographical interest …

Variations of Nationalism

David H. Kaplan, Kathryn L. Hannum

The creation of an “American” nation and national identity is a perfect example of the modern essence of nationalism. Nationalism is a political doctrine based on the primacy of cultural affinity. Its emergence results in changes in the economic and social attributes …