The frontier in American historyH. Holt, 1920 - 375 halaman The author argues that the availability of cheap land in the American West is the lens through which the history of the United States should be viewed. |
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... period of the Revolution the frontier crossed the Alleghanies into Kentucky and Tennessee , and the upper waters of the Ohio were settled.8 When the first census was taken in 1790 , the continuous settled area was bounded by a line ...
... period of the Revolution the frontier crossed the Alleghanies into Kentucky and Tennessee , and the upper waters of the Ohio were settled.8 When the first census was taken in 1790 , the continuous settled area was bounded by a line ...
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... period . Grund , writing in 1836 , declares : " It appears then that the universal disposition of Americans to emigrate to the western wilderness , in order to enlarge their dominion over inanimate nature , is the actual result of an ...
... period . Grund , writing in 1836 , declares : " It appears then that the universal disposition of Americans to emigrate to the western wilderness , in order to enlarge their dominion over inanimate nature , is the actual result of an ...
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... period is found in California , where the gold discoveries had sent a sudden tide of adventurous miners , and in Oregon , and the settlements in Utah.18 As the frontier had leaped over the Alleghanies , so now it skipped the Great ...
... period is found in California , where the gold discoveries had sent a sudden tide of adventurous miners , and in Oregon , and the settlements in Utah.18 As the frontier had leaped over the Alleghanies , so now it skipped the Great ...
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... period were facilitated by the pre- vious coöperation in the regulation of the frontier . In this con- nection may be mentioned the importance of the frontier , from that day to this , as a military training school , keeping alive the ...
... period were facilitated by the pre- vious coöperation in the regulation of the frontier . In this con- nection may be mentioned the importance of the frontier , from that day to this , as a military training school , keeping alive the ...
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... period from the end of the first half of the present century to the close of the Civil War slav- ery rose to primary , but far from exclusive , importance . But this does not justify Dr. von Holst ( to take an example ) in treating our ...
... period from the end of the first half of the present century to the close of the Civil War slav- ery rose to primary , but far from exclusive , importance . But this does not justify Dr. von Holst ( to take an example ) in treating our ...
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