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How the States Got Their Shapes: An Entertaining New York Times Bestseller on American Borders and Geographic History
by Mark Stein
ISBN: 0061431397
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pseudolus
· 2018-12-23 ·
Original thread
Not entirely pertinent to the discussion of city boundaries but Mark Stein wrote an interesting book a few years ago called "How the States Got their Shapes" [0]. It was apparently also made into a show on the History Channel.
[0]:
https://www.amazon.com/How-States-Got-Their-Shapes/dp/006143...
[0]: https://www.amazon.com/How-States-Got-Their-Shapes/dp/006143...