John C. Hudson is a professor emeritus of geography at Northwestern University. He is the author of several books, including Chicago: A Geography of the City and Its Region and Across This Land: A Geography of the United States and Canada. Christopher R. Laingen is a professor of geography at Eastern Illinois University. With John C. Hudson, he is coauthor of American Farms, American Food: A Geography of Agriculture and Food Production in the United States.
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List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Land, People, and Livelihoods in Illinois 1. People and Regions 2. Resources, Topography, and Climate 3. Prehistory, Prairies, and Conflict 4. Illinois Grew from South to North 5. Landscapes of Economic Growth The Regions of Illinois 6. Chicagoland: Northeastern Illinois 7. The Illinois Valley: North-Central Illinois 8. The Grand Prairie: Middle Illinois 9. Downstate: South-Central Illinois 10. Little Egypt: Southern Illinois 11. The Military Tract: Western Illinois 12. The Rock River Valley: Northwestern Illinois References Index
"Tall, wide, and tapering as it plunges south, Illinois is geographically unique. It takes experts like Hudson and Laingen to illuminate the Prairie State, home to coalfields and cornfields, one of America's great cities, and Great Lakes shipping alike. This masterwork should rest on the shelf of anyone who wants to understand the core of the American Midwest." --Jon Lauck, author of The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest