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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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