TY - BOOK AU - Drake,James D. TI - The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America SN - 9780813931395 AV - E179.5.D827 2011 U1 - 973.3/1 PY - 2011/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - Geographical perception--United States--History--18th century KW - Nationalism--United States--History--18th century KW - United States--Historical geography KW - United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - United States--Territorial expansion KW - United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes KW - Electronic books N2 - These ideas, in turn, solidified American nationalism, spurred a revolution, and shaped the ratification of the Constitution. Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3444004 ER -