America as second creation [electronic resource] : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye

Author	Nye, David E., 1946-
Title	America as second creation [electronic resource] : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye
Imprint	Cambridge : MIT Press, c2003
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Descript	x, 371 p. : ill., maps

Frontier and pioneer life -- United States Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- Historiography Land settlement -- United States -- History Land settlement -- United States -- Historiography National characteristics American United States -- Discovery and exploration United States -- Colonization United States -- Historical geography Electronic books.