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):

United States--Historical geography.

United States.

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

Geographical perception.

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

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

Nationalism.

United States--Territorial expansion.

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

Physical Description:

xii, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, c2011.

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 and index.

Local Notes:

HSP credit line: Diagram from Herman Husband, A Dialogue Between an Assembly-man and a Convention-man (HSP in LCP: Am 1790 Dia); Frontpiece from the Columbian Magazine, vol.1 and vol.2 (HSP in LCP Am 1786 Univ)

ISBN:

9780813931227 (cloth : alk. paper)

0813931223 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780813931395 (e-book)

0813931398 (e-book)

OCLC:

694283187