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Author Drake, James David, 1968-

Title The nation's nature : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / James D. Drake.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 402 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-383) and index.
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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Subject American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
Geographical perception -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Geographical perception.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Nationalism.
United States -- Historical geography.
Historical geography.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
Territorial expansion.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
Chronological Term 1600-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Drake, James David, 1968- Nation's nature. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011 (DLC) 2010051962
ISBN 9780813931395 (electronic book)
0813931398 (electronic book)
1280490578
9781280490576
9780813931227 (cloth alkaline paper)
0813931223 (cloth alkaline paper)