| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
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| Contents |
Introduction : the geographic revolution in the wilderness -- The surveyed self : geodesy, writing, and colonial identity in eighteenth-century British America -- The continent speaks : geography, oratory, and the figuration of identity in revolutionary America -- Maps, spellers, and the semiotics of nationalism in the early republic -- Geography textbooks and reading national character -- Novel geographies of the republic -- Native American geographies and the journals of Lewis and Clark -- Literacy for empire : geography, education, and the aesthetic of territoriality |
| Summary |
The rapid rise in popularity of maps and geography handbooks in the eighteenth century ushered in a new geographic literacy among non elite Americans. This illustrated book argues that geographic literacy as it was played out in popular literary genres significantly influenced the formation of identity in America from the 1680s to the 1820s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Historical geography -- Historical geography -- United States -- Maps
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HISTORY -- Historical Geography.
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Geografie.
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Kaarten (geografie)
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Natievorming.
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Amerikaans.
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United States
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Verenigde Staten.
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Britse koloniën.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Maps
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469601014 |
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146960101X |
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0807830003 |
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9780807830000 |
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080785672X |
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9780807856727 |
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