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Samuel M. Otterstrom <s_otterstrom@byu.edu> Brigham Young University U.S. Historical Population Geography -- Geographic analysis of the movement of the frontier, city population concentrations, and relationships between manufacturing and population change (1790 - 1990+) Genealogy & Family History Mountain West -- Population change and development in the city-systems of the Mountain West. Population Geography |
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Address: | Department of Geography 690 SWKT Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602 United States |
Primary Phone: | 801-422-7751 |
Fax Number: | 801-422-0266 |
List Affiliations: | List Editor for H-HistGeog |
Interests: | Geography |
Bio: BS - Brigham Young U. -- Geography-Natural Resource Management MS -- Brigham Young U. -- Geography PhD -- Louisiana State University -- Geography Refereed Journal Articles: Samuel M. Otterstrom and Brian Bunker. 2013. “Genealogy, Migration, and the Intertwined Geographies of Personal Pasts.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 103(3): 544-569. DOI:10.1080/00045608.2012.700607. Samuel M. Otterstrom. 2012. “International Spatial Diffusion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” Territoire en Mouvement. 13 (2009-1): 102-130. J. Matthew Shumway and Samuel M. Otterstrom. 2010. “US regional income change and migration: 1995–2004.” Population, Space and Place. 16(6): 483-497. “From Wilderness to Megalopolis: A Comparative Analysis of County Level Sex Ratios in the United States from 1790 to 1910 Using a Historical GIS.” Social Science Computer Review. 2009. 27(3): 297-312. (With Mark A. Boeckel) “Nicaraguan Migrants in Costa Rica during the 1990s: Gender Differences and Geographic Expansion.” Journal of Latin American Geography. 2008. 7(2): 7-33. “Divergent Growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States, 1990-2004: Diaspora, Gathering, and the East-West Divide.” Population, Space and Place. 2008. 14(3): 231-252. “Rapid Settlement Diffusion: The Development of the Semi-Peripheral Region North of San Francisco, California: 1850-1880.” Historical Geography. 2007. 35: 241-268. "Trends in National and Regional Population Concentration in the United States from 1790 to 1990: From the Frontier to the Urban Transformation." Social Science Journal. 2001. 38(3):393-407. "Ethnic and Economic Regions in Slovakia: A Statistical and Visual Exploration of Contemporary Patterns." GeoJournal. 2000. 52(2): 139-147. “Spatial Patterns of Migration and Income Change in the Mountain West: The dominance of service-based, amenity-rich counties.” The Professional Geographer. 2001. 53(4): 492-502. (with J. Matthew Shumway). “The Influences of Transportation and Geography on the Settlement and Development of Lake County, California.” Journal of the West. 2003. 42(2): 34-44. “Population Concentration in United States City-Systems from 1790 to 2000: Historical Trends and Current Phases.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 2003. 94(4):492-510. “Deserts and Oases: The Continuing Concentration of Population in the American Mountain West.” Journal of Rural Studies. 2003. 19(4):445-462. (with J. Matthew Shumway). “Income Migration and the Spatial Redistribution of Poverty and Income in the Mountain West During the 1990s.” Espaces, Populations, Sociétés. 2003. 2003-1:15-28. (With J. Matthew Shumway). “The Settlement of the United States from 1790 - 1990: Divergent Rates of Growth and the End of the Frontier.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2002. 33(1): 59-85. (With Carville Earle). Edited Books: Geography, History, and the American Political Economy. 2009 Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. (Co-editor with John Heppen) A Geographical History of United States City-Systems: From the Frontier to the Urban Transformation. 2004. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. Other Publications: Samuel M. Otterstrom.“Multiscalar Analysis of Religious Geography in the United States.” In The Changing World Religion Map: Sacred Places, Identities, Practices and Politics, ed. Stanley D. Brunn. Dordrecht: Springer. Forthcoming. Samuel M. Otterstrom and Richard H. Jackson. 2011. “The State of Deseret: The Creation of the Mormon Landscape in the Western U.S.” In Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects, ed. Stanley D. Brunn, 1975-1995. Dordrecht: Springer. Samuel M. Otterstrom. 2009. “Genealogy and Family History.” In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, eds. Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift. V. 4, p. 334-340. Oxford, UK: Elsevier. HUSCO– 1790 - 1999. [Historical United States County Boundary Files on CD-Rom]. 1999. Geoscience Publications, Louisiana State University. (With Carville Earle and John Heppen). |