An edition of The nation's nature
(2011)
The nation's nature
how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America
by James David Drake
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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, causesPlaces
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The nation's nature: how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America
2011, University of Virginia Press
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0813931223 9780813931227
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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.
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