The Frontier in American HistoryThe Floating Press, 1 Mei 2014 - 333 halaman The frontier has always been a quintessential part of what makes America unique, and according to renowned historian Frederick Jackson Turner, it did more than stoke the imaginations of early pioneers -- it actually helped to shape American democracy and institutions. This engaging volume explains and expands on Turner's Frontier Thesis, one of the most significant concepts in the study of American history. |
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... Massachusetts Bay III - The Old West IV - The Middle West V - The Ohio Valley in American History VI - The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History VII - The Problem of the West VIII - Dominant Forces in Western Life ...
... Massachusetts Bay III - The Old West IV - The Middle West V - The Ohio Valley in American History VI - The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History VII - The Problem of the West VIII - Dominant Forces in Western Life ...
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... Massachusetts men to Pennsylvania and to New York. As the eastern lands were taken up migration flowed across them to the west. Daniel Boone, the great backwoodsman, who combined the occupations of hunter, trader, cattle-raiser, farmer ...
... Massachusetts men to Pennsylvania and to New York. As the eastern lands were taken up migration flowed across them to the west. Daniel Boone, the great backwoodsman, who combined the occupations of hunter, trader, cattle-raiser, farmer ...
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... at the end of a hundred years of life under the Constitution, the frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history. II - The First Official Frontier of the Massachusetts Bay[55] 37.
... at the end of a hundred years of life under the Constitution, the frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history. II - The First Official Frontier of the Massachusetts Bay[55] 37.
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... Massachusetts recommended the Court to order what shall be the frontier and to maintain a committee to settle garrisons on the frontier with forty soldiers to each frontier town as a main guard.[56] In the two hundred years between this ...
... Massachusetts recommended the Court to order what shall be the frontier and to maintain a committee to settle garrisons on the frontier with forty soldiers to each frontier town as a main guard.[56] In the two hundred years between this ...
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... Massachusetts underwent a similar change and attempted to establish frontier towns, or "co-habitations," at the "heads," that is the first falls, the vicinity of Richmond, Petersburg, etc., of her rivers.[62] The Virginia system of ...
... Massachusetts underwent a similar change and attempted to establish frontier towns, or "co-habitations," at the "heads," that is the first falls, the vicinity of Richmond, Petersburg, etc., of her rivers.[62] The Virginia system of ...
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III The Old West | 61 |
IV The Middle West | 110 |
V The Ohio Valley in American History | 139 |
VI The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History | 158 |
VII The Problem of the West | 184 |
VIII Dominant Forces in Western Life | 200 |
IX Contributions of the West to American Democracy | 220 |
X Pioneer Ideals and the State University | 245 |
XI The West and American Ideals | 265 |
XII Social Forces in American History | 286 |
XIII Middle Western Pioneer Democracy | 308 |
Endnotes | 332 |
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