Linklater, Andro.

The fabric of America : how our borders and boundaries shaped the country and forged our national identity / Andro Linklater. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007. - 328 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-316) and index.

Ranging from the late-eighteenth century to the present, a narrative history reveals how the boundaries and borders that formed both states and the nation as a whole created a sense of identity that is central to defining American character.

0802715338 : HRD $25.95 9780802715333

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Boundaries, State.
U.S. states.
National characteristics, American.


United States--Boundaries.
United States--Historical geography.

E179.5 / .L56 2007

911.73