The nation's nature
Drake, James David, 1968-
The nation's nature how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / [electronic resource] : James D. Drake. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. - xii, 402 p. : ill., maps.
"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Geographical perception--History--United States--18th century.
Nationalism--History--United States--18th century.
United States--Historical geography.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--History--Causes.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Electronic books.
E179.5 / .D827 2011eb
973.3/1
The nation's nature how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / [electronic resource] : James D. Drake. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. - xii, 402 p. : ill., maps.
"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-383) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Geographical perception--History--United States--18th century.
Nationalism--History--United States--18th century.
United States--Historical geography.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--History--Causes.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Electronic books.
E179.5 / .D827 2011eb
973.3/1