The Nation's Nature
Download or Read eBook The Nation's Nature PDF written by James David Drake and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : James David Drake |
| Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
| Total Pages | : 417 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780813931227 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0813931223 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Nation's Nature by : James David Drake
Book excerpt: "In The Nation's Nature, James D. Drake examines how a relatively small number of inhabitants of the Americas, huddled along North America's east coast, came to mentally appropriate the entire continent and to think of their nation as America. Drake demonstrates how British North American colonists' participation in scientific debates and imperial contests shaped their notions of global geography. These ideas, in turn, solidified American nationalism, spurred a revolution, and shaped the ratification of the Constitution."--Publisher description.
