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020			_a0802713963 : HRD _c$26.00
035			_a(Sirsi) lBK0003941078
035			_a(OCoLC)50143791
037			_bWalker & Co, 435 Hudson st, New York, NY, USA, 10014, (212)7278300 SAN 202-5213
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aE161.3 _b.L46 2002
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100	1		_aLinklater, Andro.
245	1	0	_aMeasuring America : _bhow an untamed wilderness shaped the United States and fulfilled the promise of democracy / _cAndro Linklater.
260			_aNew York : _bWalker & Co., _c2002.
300			_a310 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index.
520			_aExplains how a single system of weights and measures 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.
651		0	_aUnited States _xGeography.
651		0	_aUnited States _vSurveys _xHistory.
651		0	_aUnited States _xTerritorial expansion.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, American.
650		0	_aPublic lands _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _zUnited States.
650		0	_aOhio River Valley _xGeography.
650		0	_aOhio River Valley _vSurveys _xHistory.
650		0	_aSurveying _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aSurveyors _zUnited States _xHistory.
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