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

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Drake, James David, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Temas:
1600-1799
Geographical perception > United States > History > 18th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 18th century.
Perception géographique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
War > Causes
Geographical perception
Historical geography
Nationalism
Territorial expansion
United States > Historical geography.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States > Territorial expansion.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Causes.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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