D.W. Meinig (Donald William Meinig) is an American geographer, focusing on historical geography, regional geography, cultural geography, social geography, and landscape interpretation. His most ambitious and well known work is the four volume series "The Shaping of America" (published 1986, 1993, 1998, and 2004). He is a Maxwell Research Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. Historical Geography is the study of the: Human Physical Fictional Theoretical and Real geographies of the past. ... Physical map of the Earth (Medium) (Large 2 MB) Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Social geography studies how society affects geographical features and how environmental factors affect society. ... The Dresden Elbe Valley World Heritage Site is according to the UNESCO an outstanding example of land use, representing an exceptional development of a major Central-European city having almost half a million inhabitants // [edit] Cultural landscape is defined as the human-modified environment, including fields, houses, church, highways, planted... The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is a school within Syracuse University that offers degrees in the social sciences and public and international affairs (at the BA, MA, and Ph. ... Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. ...

His principal publications include:

• The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 4: Global America, 1915-2000 (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2004).
• The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 3: Transcontinental America, 1850-1915 (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1995).
• The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 2, Continental America, 1800-1867 (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1992).
• The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 1, Atlantic America, 1492-1800 (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1986).
• (Editor) The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes (New York, Oxford University Press, 1979).
• Southwest: Three Peoples in Geographical Change 1600-1970 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1971).
• Imperial Texas, An Interpretative Essay in Cultural Geography (Austin, University of Texas Press, 1969).
• The Great Columbia Plain, A Historical Geography, 1805- 1910 (Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1968).