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Reflections Of Thought: Land Plats Of Gloucester County, Virginia, 1733-1849, Isabel Rebecca Jenkins
Reflections Of Thought: Land Plats Of Gloucester County, Virginia, 1733-1849, Isabel Rebecca Jenkins
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Ruled With A Pen: Land, Language, And The Invention Of Maine, Gavin James Taylor
Ruled With A Pen: Land, Language, And The Invention Of Maine, Gavin James Taylor
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
As Europeans expanded across North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, they parceled their territorial acquisitions into a variety of administrative subdivisions. Naming and dividing the land became an integral part of the project of colonization; the conquest of territory involved the transformation of unknown places into clearly defined jurisdictions. This dissertation examines the invention of one jurisdiction, the state of Maine, viewing the evolution of its borders as a reflection of the growth of state power in the region. Seeing an inextricable link between social and territorial boundaries, it ties the development of the territory of Maine to …
Reflections Of Social Change: Burial Patterns In Colonial Fairfax County, Virginia, Kimberly Joyce Wells
Reflections Of Social Change: Burial Patterns In Colonial Fairfax County, Virginia, Kimberly Joyce Wells
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"Near The Governor's": Patterns Of Development Of Three Properties Along Williamsburg's Palace And Nicholson Streets In The Eighteenth Century, Patricia Merle Samford
"Near The Governor's": Patterns Of Development Of Three Properties Along Williamsburg's Palace And Nicholson Streets In The Eighteenth Century, Patricia Merle Samford
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A Spatial Analysis Of Sugar Plantations On St Eustatius N.A, James A. Delle
A Spatial Analysis Of Sugar Plantations On St Eustatius N.A, James A. Delle
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