The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake

• Autore: Drake James David <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3/1
• Soggetto topico: Geographical perception - United States - History - 18th century; Nationalism - United States - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Historical geography; United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States Territorial expansion; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes
• Note generali: "Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The nation's nature
• ISBN: 1-280-49057-8; 9786613585806; 0-8139-3139-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826956803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II