02971nam 2200637 a 450 991082695680332120240418044759.01-280-49057-897866135858060-8139-3139-8(CKB)2550000000089277(OCoLC)785780921(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532077(SSID)ssj0000606540(PQKBManifestationID)11400077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606540(PQKBWorkID)10582529(PQKB)11594055(MiAaPQ)EBC3444004(MdBmJHUP)muse4025(Au-PeEL)EBL3444004(CaPaEBR)ebr10532077(CaONFJC)MIL358580(EXLCZ)99255000000008927720101223d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe nation's nature[electronic resource] how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America /James D. Drake1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20111 online resource (416 p.) "Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ."0-8139-3122-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index.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.These ideas, in turn, solidified American nationalism, spurred a revolution, and shaped the ratification of the Constitution. Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.Geographical perceptionUnited StatesHistory18th centuryNationalismUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistorical geographyUnited StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775United StatesTerritorial expansionUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783CausesGeographical perceptionHistoryNationalismHistory973.3/1Drake James David1968-1623929MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826956803321The nation's nature3958619UNINA