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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drake, James David, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographical perception--United States--History--18th century.

Geographical perception.

Nationalism--United States--History--18th century.

Nationalism.

United States--Historical geography.

United States.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These ideas, in turn, solidified American nationalism, spurred a revolution, and shaped the ratification of the Constitution. Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.

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.

Notes:

"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.

ISBN:

9786613585806

9781280490576

1280490578

9780813931395

0813931398

OCLC:

785780921