Far West

Japanese: 極西部 - きょくせいぶ
Far West

… [Masai Yasuo]
[Midwest]
The area stretching from the upper reaches of the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Missouri River basins is called the "heartland" and "granary" of America, and is also a thriving industrial region. In the early 19th century, everything west of the Appalachian Mountains was part of the "West," but as the cotton belt developed in the Southwest and the development of the Far West west of the Rocky Mountains progressed, the central-northern part, centered on grain growing, began to show its own unique identity as the "Midwest," a unified region geographically and politically and economically. The eastern and northern parts are forested areas, but are mainly prairies, and include parts of the Mississippian culture of the Indians that flourished before the arrival of white people.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Far West" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【正井 泰夫】
[中西部]
 ミシシッピ川上流から五大湖沿岸,オハイオ,ミズーリ両川流域にかけての地域で,アメリカの〈心臓部Heartland〉とも〈穀倉〉ともいわれ,工業も盛んである。19世紀初頭のアメリカではアパラチア山脈以西はすべて〈西部〉であったが,やがて南西部に綿花地帯が発展し,ロッキー山脈以西の極西部の開拓が進むにつれ,穀作を中心とする中央北部は,地理的にも政治経済的にもまとまりを持つ〈中西部〉として独自性を示すようになった。東側と北側は森林地帯であるが,おもにプレーリー(大草原地帯)で,白人渡来以前に栄えたインディアンのミシシッピ文化圏の一部を含んでいる。…

※「極西部」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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