America as second creation technology and narratives of new beginnings /
America as second creation technology and narratives of new beginnings / [electronic resource] : David E. Nye. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2003. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780262640596 9780262280808 (electronic bk.)
Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
Frontier and pioneer life--Historiography.--United States
Technology--Social aspects--History.--United States
Technology--Social aspects--Historiography.--United States
Land settlement--History.--United States
Land settlement--Historiography.--United States
National characteristics, American.
United States--Discovery and exploration.
United States--Colonization.
United States--Historical geography.
E179.5 / .N94 2003