03568nam 2200709Ia 450 991078297010332120200520144314.097866120050461-282-00504-90-226-35593-410.7208/9780226355931(CKB)1000000000725112(EBL)432243(OCoLC)432317702(SSID)ssj0000101933(PQKBManifestationID)11128360(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101933(PQKBWorkID)10043541(PQKB)10415924(MiAaPQ)EBC432243(DE-B1597)524447(OCoLC)1135585945(DE-B1597)9780226355931(Au-PeEL)EBL432243(CaPaEBR)ebr10277718(CaONFJC)MIL200504(EXLCZ)99100000000072511220070727d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican boundaries[electronic resource] the nation, the states, the rectangular survey /Bill Hubbard, JrChicago University of Chicago Press20091 online resource (468 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-35592-6 0-226-35591-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-440) and index.Frontmatter -- Dedication. To the Surveying Profession -- Contents -- Introduction: Boundaries in the United States as the Manifest Division of the Nation's Lands -- Part 1. Assembling a National Domain -- Part 2. Apportioning the Domain into States -- Part 3. Apportioning the States into Rectangular Parcels -- Epilogue: Other Ways to Apportion a Public Domain -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- IndexFor anyone who has looked at a map of the United States and wondered how Texas and Oklahoma got their Panhandles, or flown over the American heartland and marveled at the vast grid spreading out in all directions below, American Boundaries will yield a welcome treasure trove of insight. The first book to chart the country's growth using the boundary as a political and cultural focus, Bill Hubbard's masterly narrative begins by explaining how the original thirteen colonies organized their borders and decided that unsettled lands should be held in trust for the common benefSurveyingPublic landsUnited StatesHistorySurveyingPublic landsWest (U.S.)HistoryU.S. statesHistoryUnited StatesBoundariesHistoryUnited StatesTerritorial expansionWest (U.S.)BoundariesHistoryWest (U.S.)Geographygeography, united states, american west, frontier, borders, boundaries, history, politics, nonfiction, panhandle, texas, oklahoma, colonies, settlement, ohio, surveyors, farmland, heartland, agriculture, homesteading, grid system, public lands, surveying, territory, land use, development, expansion, exploration, manifest destiny, montana, national domain.SurveyingPublic landsHistory.SurveyingPublic landsHistory.U.S. statesHistory.320.12Hubbard Bill1947-1563411MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782970103321American boundaries3831797UNINA