This Land is Your Land The Geographic Evolution of the United States

by Schwartz, Seymour I.

• ISBN13: 9780810967151
• ISBN10: 0810967154
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

An informative illustrated history of the "discovery," settlement, & expansion of the United States. Includes maps, engravings, paintings, & photographs, & the origins of names.

Author Biography

Dr. Seymour I. Schwartz is a surgeon as well as an author. He was chairman of the department of surgery at the University of Rochester and president of both the American College of Surgeons and the American Surgical Association, and he is a member of the Institute of Medicine. He is on the board of directors of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, and a member of the Grolier Club and the Americar Antiquarian Society

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Earliest European Probes	p. 10
Early-Seventeenth-Century Sailings and Settlements	p. 36
Completing the Original Thirteen Colonies	p. 56
Away from the Atlantic Coast (1600-1750)	p. 76
Britain Gains Control of the Continent	p. 90
A Nation Is Born	p. 112
Completing the Eighteenth Century	p. 150
The Nineteenth Century: Early Expansions and Divisions	p. 164
Continued Population Shifts and State Development	p. 192
Closing the Ring	p. 204
Development, Disruption, and Reconstruction (1847-67)	p. 220
Completing the Nineteenth Century	p. 250
The Twentieth Century	p. 268
Condensing the Chronological Circle	p. 282
Bibliography	p. 292
Acknowledgments	p. 294
Index	p. 295
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