The nation's nature : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / James D. Drake.
| Author/creator |
Drake, James David, 1968- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. |
| Description | xii, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | ebrary |
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| 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. |
| General note | "Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010051962 |
| ISBN | 9780813931227 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813931223 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813931395 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0813931398 (e-book) |
| Standard identifier# | 40019764233 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | E179.5 .D827 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |