TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drake,James David
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The nation's nature: how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America 
AV  - E179.5 .D827 2011eb
U1  - 973.3/1 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Charlottesville
PB  - University of Virginia Press
KW  - Geographical perception
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Historical geography
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - Territorial expansion
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Causes
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "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; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10532077
ER  -