The New Map of Empire : How Britain Imagined America before Independence /

In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Brit...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Edelson, S. Max (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]
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Summary:In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain's imperial ambitions before the Revolution.
Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:067497901X
9780674972117
0674972112
9780674979017