The fabric of America : how our borders and boundaries shaped the country and forged our national identity

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    • Linklater, Andro

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The fabric of America : how our borders and boundaries shaped the country and forged our national identity

Andro Linklater

Walker & Company, c2007

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p[309]-316) and index

Contents of Works

  • The first frontier
  • The boundaries of power
  • The state as nation
  • The bullying states
  • Capital speculations
  • Mirrors of the Mississippi
  • Evidence of treachery
  • The reach of government
  • American tragedy
  • The values of government
  • The limits of freedom
  • The American frontier
  • Crossing the frontier
  • The end of frontiers?
  • Envoi

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