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Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary System-the last traditional system in the world-and how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.
Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary System-the last traditional system in the world-and how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.
One: The Invention of Landed Property
Two: Precise Confusion
Three: Who Owned America?
Four: Life, Liberty, or What?
Five: Simple Arithmatic
Six: A Line Drawn in the Wilderness
Seven: The French Dimension
Eight: Democratic Decimals
Nine: The Birth of the Metric System
Ten: Dombey's Luck
Eleven: The End of Putnam
Twelve: The Immaculate Grid
Thirteen: The Shape of Cities
Fourteen: Hassler's Passion
Fifteen: The Dispossesed
Sixteen: The Limit of Enclosure
Seventeen: Four Against Ten
Eighteen: Metric Triumphant
Epilogue: The Witness Tree
Acknowledgments
Appendix: General Tables of Units of Measurement
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780452284593 |
| ISBN-10: | 0452284597 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Linklater, Andro |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 214 x 140 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Andro Linklater |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.09.2003 |
| Gewicht: | 0,403 kg |
One: The Invention of Landed Property
Two: Precise Confusion
Three: Who Owned America?
Four: Life, Liberty, or What?
Five: Simple Arithmatic
Six: A Line Drawn in the Wilderness
Seven: The French Dimension
Eight: Democratic Decimals
Nine: The Birth of the Metric System
Ten: Dombey's Luck
Eleven: The End of Putnam
Twelve: The Immaculate Grid
Thirteen: The Shape of Cities
Fourteen: Hassler's Passion
Fifteen: The Dispossesed
Sixteen: The Limit of Enclosure
Seventeen: Four Against Ten
Eighteen: Metric Triumphant
Epilogue: The Witness Tree
Acknowledgments
Appendix: General Tables of Units of Measurement
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780452284593 |
| ISBN-10: | 0452284597 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Linklater, Andro |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 214 x 140 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Andro Linklater |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.09.2003 |
| Gewicht: | 0,403 kg |
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