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200 10$aAmerican boundaries$b[electronic resource] $ethe nation, the states, the rectangular survey /$fBill Hubbard, Jr
210   $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (468 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 439-440) and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tDedication. To the Surveying Profession -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction: Boundaries in the United States as the Manifest Division of the Nation's Lands -- $tPart 1. Assembling a National Domain -- $tPart 2. Apportioning the Domain into States -- $tPart 3. Apportioning the States into Rectangular Parcels -- $tEpilogue: Other Ways to Apportion a Public Domain -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex
330   $aFor 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 benef
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