Measuring America how the United States was shaped by the greatest land sale in history
Explains how a single system of weights and measures was developed in order to help survey and map out the vast lands west of the Ohio River and examines the impact of the system on American history and culture.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Linklater, Andro, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Measuring America : |b how the United States was shaped by the greatest land sale in history / |c Andro Linklater. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Plume, |c ©2003. | ||
| 300 | |a 311 pages : |b illustrations, maps, portraits ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Walker & Co., 2002. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a Explains how a single system of weights and measures was developed in order to help survey and map out the vast lands west of the Ohio River and examines the impact of the system on American history and culture. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t The invention of landed property -- |g 2. |t Precise confusion -- |g 3. |t Who owned America -- |g 4. |t Life, liberty, or what -- |g 5. |t Simple arithmetic -- |g 6. |t A line drawn in the wilderness -- |g 7. |t The French dimension -- |g 8. |t Democratic decimals -- |g 9. |t The birth of the metric system -- |g 10. |t Dombey's luck -- |g 11. |t The end of Putnam -- |g 12. |t The immaculate grid -- |g 13. |t The shape of cities -- |g 14. |t Hassler's passion -- |g 15. |t The dispossessed -- |g 16. |t The limit of enclosure -- |g 17. |t Four against ten -- |g 18. |t Metric triumphant -- |t Epilogue : the witness tree. |
| 650 | 0 | |a National characteristics, American. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Public lands |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Frontier and pioneer life |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Surveying |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Surveyors |z United States |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Ohio River Valley |x Geography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Ohio River Valley |v Surveys |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Geography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Surveys |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Territorial expansion. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Linklater, Andro. |t Measuring America. |d New York : Plume, ©2003 |w (OCoLC)1482283818 |
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