LEADER 02697nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910779051203321 005 20230725060218.0 010 $a1-280-49057-8 010 $a9786613585806 010 $a0-8139-3139-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000089277 035 $a(OCoLC)785780921 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532077 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606540 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11400077 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606540 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582529 035 $a(PQKB)11594055 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444004 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4025 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444004 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10532077 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358580 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000089277 100 $a20101223d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe nation's nature$b[electronic resource] $ehow continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America /$fJames D. Drake 210 $aCharlottesville $cUniversity of Virginia Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (416 p.) 300 $a"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ." 311 $a0-8139-3122-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 606 $aGeographical perception$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aNationalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistorical geography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCauses 615 0$aGeographical perception$xHistory 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 676 $a973.3/1 700 $aDrake$b James David$f1968-$01550277 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779051203321 996 $aThe nation's nature$93808943 997 $aUNINA