The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America

By James David Drake and James D. Drake

In one of Common Sense 's most ringing phrases, Thomas Paine declared it "absurd" for "a continent to be perpetually governed by an island." Such powerful words, coupled with powerful ideas, helped... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813931223
• ISBN13: 9780813931227
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher