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Beautiful machine rivers and the Republican plan, 1755-1825 /

The second volume in Seelye's series on the rivers of America in the American imagination, Beautiful Machine explores a critical, transitional period in American history, taking as its starting point the French and Indian War -- the event that determined domination of North America by an Anglo-...

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Main Author: Seelye, John, 1931-2015.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Physical Description: xii, 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Subjects:
American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
Rivers -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Rivers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
American literature -- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 -- History and criticism.
American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism.
River engineering -- United States -- History.
Rivers in literature.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.
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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor PS195.R55 S39 1991 Available
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