Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise ofD emocracy - Brossura

Linklater, Andro

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0452284597 ISBN 13: 9780452284593

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2003

Riassunto

A thought-provoking history of America's system of measurement explains how, following the American Revolution, a single system of weights and measures, the American Customary System, 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. Reprint.

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"[Linklater] has the talent not just to let us know how things work, but to make us want to know...A magical mystery tour that leaves the reader both mildly footsore and exhilarated by unexpected connections." —The New York Times

"What's great about history, when done well, is how even the most familiar topics, from the American Revolution to WWII, can be revisited again and again, not just to retell stories but to offer a fresh perspective. That is what Andro Linklater does in Measuring America." —USA Today

"Remarkable...Linklater traces with unusual elegance and a keen wit the epic story of measuring our nation, charting the process by which, with each length of the surveyor's chain, new states were literally bought into being." —Los Angeles Times

 

 

 

 

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L'autore

Andro Linklater (1944–2013) was a journalist, biographer, and author. Linklater was most known for exploring the history of property ownership in America in his work. His books include The Fabric of America and Measuring America. He died at age 68 of a heart attack while researching for a new book on the history of land possession in the Hebrides.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0452284597
• ISBN 13: 9780452284593
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320