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Peer reviewedShortridge, James R. – Journal of Geography, 1978
Reviews the historical implications of the Protestant-Catholic division and analyzes the current distribution of Catholics in the national population. Catholic immigrants, who came to the big northeastern cities, were regarded by the rural Protestant settlers as representing negative aspects of an urban-industrial state. Today Catholic groups are…
Descriptors: Catholics, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Regions, Geography
