The nation's nature how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America /

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Hlavní autor: Drake, James David, 1968-
Korporativní autor: ebrary, Inc
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
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Obsah:
  • 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.