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- catalog abstract "Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.".
- catalog contributor b12655226.
- catalog coverage "Ohio River Valley Geography.".
- catalog coverage "Ohio River Valley Surveys History.".
- catalog coverage "United States Geography.".
- catalog coverage "United States Surveys History.".
- catalog coverage "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "1. The invention of landed property -- 2. Precise confusion-- 3. Who owned America -- 4. Life, liberty, or what -- 5. Simple arithmetic -- 6. A line drawn in the wilderness -- 7. The French dimension -- 8. Democratic decimals -- 9. The birth of the metric system -- 10. Dombey's luck -- 11. The end of Putnam -- 12. The immaculate grid -- 13. The shape of cities -- 14. Hassler's passion -- 15. The dispossessed -- 16. The limit of enclosure -- 17. Four against ten -- 18. Metric triumphant -- Epilogue : the witness tree.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index.".
- catalog description "Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.".
- catalog extent "310 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802713963 (hc) :".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Walker & Co.,".
- catalog spatial "Ohio River Valley Geography.".
- catalog spatial "Ohio River Valley Surveys History.".
- catalog spatial "United States Geography.".
- catalog spatial "United States Surveys History.".
- catalog spatial "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973 21".
- catalog subject "E161.3 .L46 2002".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life United States.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American.".
- catalog subject "Public lands United States History.".
- catalog subject "Surveying United States History.".
- catalog subject "Surveyors United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The invention of landed property -- 2. Precise confusion-- 3. Who owned America -- 4. Life, liberty, or what -- 5. Simple arithmetic -- 6. A line drawn in the wilderness -- 7. The French dimension -- 8. Democratic decimals -- 9. The birth of the metric system -- 10. Dombey's luck -- 11. The end of Putnam -- 12. The immaculate grid -- 13. The shape of cities -- 14. Hassler's passion -- 15. The dispossessed -- 16. The limit of enclosure -- 17. Four against ten -- 18. Metric triumphant -- Epilogue : the witness tree.".
- catalog title "Measuring America : how an untamed wilderness shaped the United States and fulfilled the promise of democracy / Andro Linklater.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Surveys. fast".
- catalog type "text".