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Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
de Linklater, Andro
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802713963
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713964
- Librería
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Walker & Company. Used - Very Good. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. (Subject: Books).
Sinopsis
In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, the land west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measured out and mapped. And before that could be done, a uniform set of measurements had to be chosen for the new republic out of the morass of roughly 100,000 different units that were in use in daily life. Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary System—the last traditional system in the world—and how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- DD0046222
- Título
- Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
- Autor
- Linklater, Andro
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0802713963
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713964
- Editorial
- Walker & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2002
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
Sobre Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Used, rare and out-of-print titles, specializing in academic and scholarly books. Independent bookstores in Chicago since 1970
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