The fabric of America : how our borders and boundaries shaped the country and forged our national identity /: how our borders and boundaries shaped the country and forged our national identity. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andro Linklater.
• Other Names: Linklater, Andro
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 973; History -- United States -- General; National characteristics, American; Group identity -- United States; Group identity; National characteristics, American; American national characteristics; Civil engineering, surveying & building; United States; United States -- Boundaries; United States -- Historical geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802718501; 0802718507
• Related ISBNs: 0802715338; 9780802715333
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.