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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drake, James David, 1968-
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xii, 402 pages : illustrations, maps
Format: Book

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505 0 |a 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. 
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