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Drake James David <1968-> |
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The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
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1-280-49057-8 |
9786613585806 |
0-8139-3139-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geographical perception - United States - History - 18th century |
Nationalism - United States - History - 18th century |
Electronic books. |
United States Historical geography |
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
United States Territorial expansion |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the historical role of an imagined place -- Scientific trends, continental conceptions, revolutionary implications -- The geopolitical continent, 1713-1763 -- Continental crisis, 1763-1774 -- Nationalism's nature : Congress's continental aspect -- Nationalism's nurture : war, peace, and the continental character of the United States, 1775-1783 -- Ordering lands and peoples : scientific and imperial contexts of the late eighteenth century -- Seizing nature's advantages : the Constitution and the continent, 1783-1789 -- Epilogue : the continent from on high. |
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