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The Geographic Revolution in Early America : Maps, Literacy, and National Identity /

The rapid rise in popularity of maps and geography handbooks in the eighteenth century ushered in a new geographic literacy among non elite Americans. This illustrated book argues that geographic literacy as it was played out in popular literary genres significantly influenced the formation of ident...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brückner, Martin, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico Mapa
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The rapid rise in popularity of maps and geography handbooks in the eighteenth century ushered in a new geographic literacy among non elite Americans. This illustrated book argues that geographic literacy as it was played out in popular literary genres significantly influenced the formation of identity in America from the 1680s to the 1820s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469601014