The Nation's Nature : How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Drake, James David, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nationalism > United States > History > 18th century.
Geographical perception > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
United States > Territorial expansion.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States > Historical geography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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