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000433258 1001_ $$aDrake, James David,$$d1968-
000433258 24514 $$aThe nation's nature :$$bhow continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America /$$cJames D. Drake.
000433258 260__ $$aCharlottesville :$$bUniversity of Virginia Press,$$c2011.
000433258 300__ $$axii, 402 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c25 cm.
000433258 500__ $$a"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies ."
000433258 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000433258 5050_ $$aIntroduction : 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.
000433258 650_0 $$aGeographical perception$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y18th century.
000433258 650_0 $$aNationalism$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y18th century.
000433258 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistorical geography.
000433258 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
000433258 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xTerritorial expansion.
000433258 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yRevolution, 1775-1783$$xCauses.
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