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100 1  Linklater, Andro.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n77002331 
245 10 Measuring America :|bhow an untamed wilderness shaped the 
       United States and fulfilled the promise of democracy /
       |cAndro Linklater. 
264  1 New York :|bWalker & Co.,|c2002. 
300    310 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and 
       index. 
505 00 |g1. The|tinvention of landed property --|g2.|tPrecise 
       confusion--|g3.|tWho owned America --|g4.|tLife, liberty, 
       or what --|g5.|tSimple arithmetic --|g6. A|tline drawn in 
       the wilderness --|g7. The|tFrench dimension --|g8.
       |tDemocratic decimals --|g9. The|tbirth of the metric 
       system --|g10.|tDombey's luck --|g11. The|tend of Putnam -
       -|g12. The|timmaculate grid --|g13. The|tshape of cities -
       -|g14.|tHassler's passion --|g15. The|tdispossessed --
       |g16. The|tlimit of enclosure --|g17.|tFour against ten --
       |g18.|tMetric triumphant --|tEpilogue : the witness tree. 
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