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William Gilpin : Western Nationalist /
William Gilpin (1815-1894) has been called "America's first geopolitician." Regarded today as both scientist and quack, Gilpin was in his own time a recognized authority whose maps were accepted by Congress as the most accurate available, and his description of trails and land in the...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. The Brandywine Gilpins
- Chapter 2. Prairies and Everglades
- Chapter 3. Fierce in the Good Cause
- Chapter 4. What a Heart and Sinews She Has!
- Chapter 5. The Untransacted Destiny of the American People
- Chapter 6. Xenophon's March
- Chapter 7. High Jinks on the Santa Fe Trail
- Chapter 8. The Great West Is "Some"
- Chapter 9. The Government to Which We Gave Existence
- Chapter 10. Let Us Go to the Audience of the People
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index