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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... middle of this century the line indicated by the present eastern boundary of Indian Territory, Nebraska, and Kansas ... region, and was ascending the rivers of Kansas and Nebraska. The development of mines in Colorado had drawn isolated ...
... middle of this century the line indicated by the present eastern boundary of Indian Territory, Nebraska, and Kansas ... region, and was ascending the rivers of Kansas and Nebraska. The development of mines in Colorado had drawn isolated ...
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Frederick Jackson Turner. lie so scattered over the region that there can no ... middle of this century (omitting the California movement); and the belt of ... regions of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa was applied to the mining laws of the ...
Frederick Jackson Turner. lie so scattered over the region that there can no ... middle of this century (omitting the California movement); and the belt of ... regions of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa was applied to the mining laws of the ...
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... the coast. The economic and social characteristics of the frontier worked against sectionalism. The men of the frontier had closer resemblances to the Middle region than to either of the other sections. Pennsylvania had been 27.
... the coast. The economic and social characteristics of the frontier worked against sectionalism. The men of the frontier had closer resemblances to the Middle region than to either of the other sections. Pennsylvania had been 27.
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... Middle region than like that of the tide-water portion of the South, which later came to spread its industrial type throughout the South. The Middle region, entered by New York harbor, was an open door to all Europe. The tide-water part ...
... Middle region than like that of the tide-water portion of the South, which later came to spread its industrial type throughout the South. The Middle region, entered by New York harbor, was an open door to all Europe. The tide-water part ...
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... region and the rest of the State, and based Southern interests on slavery. Before this process revealed its results ... Middle States and the mountains from the coast sections, had a solidarity of its own with 29.
... region and the rest of the State, and based Southern interests on slavery. Before this process revealed its results ... Middle States and the mountains from the coast sections, had a solidarity of its own with 29.
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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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