| 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010051962 |
| ISBN | 9780813931227 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813931223 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813931395 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0813931398 (e-book) |
