| Description |
304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-293) and index. |
| Contents |
chapter 1. Earliest European probes -- chapter 2. Early-seventeenth-century sailings and settlements -- chapter 3. Completing the original thirteen colonies -- chapter 4. Away from the Atlantic Coast (1600-1750) -- chapter 5. Britain gains control of the continent -- chapter 6. A nation is born -- chapter 7. Completing the eighteenth century -- chapter 8. The nineteenth century : early expansions and divisions -- chapter 9. Continued population shifts and state development -- chapter 10. Closing the ring -- chapter 11. Development, disruption, and reconstruction (1847-67) -- chapter 12. Completing the nineteenth century -- chapter 13. The twentieth century -- chapter 14. Condensing the chronological circle. |
| Subject |
United States -- Geography.
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United States -- Maps.
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United States -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
0810967154 |
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