American boundaries : the nation, the states, the rectangular survey / Bill Hubbard, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hubbard, Bill, Jr., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States geography.

Surveying--Public lands--United States--History.

Surveying.

Surveying--Public lands--West (U.S.)--History.

U.S. states--History.

U.S. states.

United States--Boundaries--History.

United States.

United States--Territorial expansion.

West (U.S.)--Boundaries--History.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For anyone who has looked at a map of the United States and wondered how Texas and Oklahoma got their Panhandles, or flown over the American heartland and marveled at the vast grid spreading out in all directions below, American Boundaries will yield a welcome treasure trove of insight. The first book to chart the country's growth using the boundary as a political and cultural focus, Bill Hubbard's masterly narrative begins by explaining how the original thirteen colonies organized their borders and decided that unsettled lands should be held in trust for the common benef

Contents:

Frontmatter

Dedication. To the Surveying Profession

Contents

Introduction: Boundaries in the United States as the Manifest Division of the Nation's Lands

Part 1. Assembling a National Domain

Part 2. Apportioning the Domain into States

Part 3. Apportioning the States into Rectangular Parcels

Epilogue: Other Ways to Apportion a Public Domain

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-440) and index.

ISBN:

9786612005046

1-282-00504-9

0-226-35593-4

OCLC:

432317702