American boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : the nation, the states, the rectangular survey / / Bill Hubbard, Jr
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Hubbard Bill <1947->
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| Titolo: |
American boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : the nation, the states, the rectangular survey / / Bill Hubbard, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.12 |
| Soggetto topico: | Surveying - Public lands - United States - History |
| Surveying - Public lands - West (U.S.) - History | |
| U.S. states - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Boundaries History |
| United States Territorial expansion | |
| West (U.S.) Boundaries History | |
| West (U.S.) Geography | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-440) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | For 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | American boundaries |
| ISBN: | 9786612005046 |
| 1-282-00504-9 | |
| 0-226-35593-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454008003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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