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Measuring America
Measuring America
Author: Andro Linklater
How we ultimately gained the American Customary System-the last traditional system in the world-and how Gunter's chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast is both an exciting human and intellectual drama and one of the great untold stories in American history. Sagely argued and beauti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780007108886
ISBN-10: 0007108885
Publication Date: 6/16/2003
Pages: 336
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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First part was great, giving the history of property and surveying in 16th and 17th century England, which helped set the system in America today. In the middle of the book, the author gets bogged down in the politics of England, France, and the US in the 1780s through the 1800s, and also tries to explain too much, as he goes into weights and measures (arguably related to land surveying). This is a pretty ambitious project for one thin volume.


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