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Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy

Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy

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Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy

by LINKLATER, Andro

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ISBN 10
0802713963
ISBN 13
9780802713964
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New York, NY: Walker, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 310 pages. 6 1/8" X 8 1/2" (8vo). Publisher's review slip laid in. This book has a great looking dust jacket. A beautiful copy.

Synopsis

In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, the land west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measured out and mapped. And before that could be done, a uniform set of measurements had to be chosen for the new republic out of the morass of roughly 100,000 different units that were in use in daily life. Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary System—the last traditional system in the world—and how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
Author
LINKLATER, Andro
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
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Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0802713963
ISBN 13
9780802713964
Publisher
Walker
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Date Published
2002
Keywords
Linklater, United States, Geography, History, Frontier, Ohio River, Surveying
Bookseller catalogs
Non-Fiction; History; Americana;

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