Living In The United States (2nd Ed) (1974)

the new england states birthplace of a nation we're the early voyages across the atlantic the pilgrims plymouth rock plymouth plantation beginnings in the new world time worn mountains lakes and wooded hills the sea industrial beginnings in america growth development modern new england but the past is still important in the new england states the middle atlantic states urban complex were people millions of people people crowded together living playing working we're industry heavy and light steel ship building coal mining we're movement mass movement goods and people [Music] [Music] we're government were commerce and trade but mainly were people millions of people in the big crowded cities in the middle atlantic states the southern states historic lands new ideas tradition where tradition and architecture in history an agricultural past and an agricultural presence mechanization food processing cotton and textiles forest and furniture wood pulp and paper resources that grow and resources that are mined and from them chemical processing the mississippi world trade route river of history we're growing in touch with the past living in the present looking to the future atomic power space we're still making history in the southern states the midwestern states the nation's heartland chicago marketing transportation industry big industry goods on the move and ways to move them rich farm lands crops cattle dairy products farming and industry it all works together here in the midwest [Music] the plane states meat and grain where there's enough rain corn where there isn't wheat livestock fed by the grain we grow technology and one man doing the work it once took many to do mechanization on a big scale movement to market to the cities for processing grain and meat [Music] we feed the nation with meat and grain from the plain states the southwestern states growth in the desert first we grew on cattle and then on oil and you grew a lot your cotton high grade cotton to help it grow in dry country irrigation irrigation for fruit too mineral well spectacular land for touring for retiring for living we're growing under blue skies in the warmth of the southwest the rocky mountain states changing frontier lands the mountains what a treasure we have what a rich resource historic barriers to travel barriers no more strange and beautiful lands grazing lands [Music] forests on the mountains and minerals inside them mining and smelting oil and refineries streams rushing down the mountainsides to give us power for homes for industries irrigation for crops in these dry but rich soils of the rocky mountain states the pacific states variety and change we work using the varied and plentiful resources in the northern forest lumbermen on the sea and rivers seamen and fishermen fruits from the responsive land and mild climate we irrigate water from dams and dams for power the pacific coast with its weather vacation lands we're people and cars and places to go we're big cities all around the pacific north from washington into alaska from the mountains of alaska across the pacific to the mountains of hawaii and its sandy shores we're travelers and we attract travelers from all over america to our pacific states you