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University of Virginia Press
Language
English
Pages
402

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Subjects
Historical geography, Territorial expansion, Geographical perception, Nationalism, Causes, History, Nationalism, united states, United states, historical geography, United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, United states, territorial expansion, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, causes
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United States
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Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Revolution, 1775-1783, 18th century

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.3/1
Library of Congress
E179.5 .D827 2011, E179.5.D827 2011

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Pagination
xii, 402 p. :
Number of pages
402

ID Numbers

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OL25085270M
ISBN 10
0813931223, 0813931398
ISBN 13
9780813931227, 9780813931395
LCCN
2010051962
OCLC/WorldCat
694283187

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