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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... 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 IX - Contributions of the West to ...
... 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 IX - Contributions of the West to ...
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... middle of this century the line indicated by the present eastern boundary of ... West. The United States Army fought a series of Indian wars in Minnesota ... West lie so scattered over the region that there can no 11.
... middle of this century the line indicated by the present eastern boundary of ... West. The United States Army fought a series of Indian wars in Minnesota ... West lie so scattered over the region that there can no 11.
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... western lands, abandoning to the new Western States their own proportion of the ... West. Mr. Clay, by his tariff compromise with Mr. Calhoun, abandoned his own ... Middle region than to either of the other sections. Pennsylvania had been 27.
... western lands, abandoning to the new Western States their own proportion of the ... West. Mr. Clay, by his tariff compromise with Mr. Calhoun, abandoned his own ... Middle region than to either of the other sections. Pennsylvania had been 27.
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... west of Virginia and the Carolinas, yet the industrial society of these Southern frontiersmen was always more like that of the Middle region than like that of the tide-water portion of the South, which later came to spread its ...
... west of Virginia and the Carolinas, yet the industrial society of these Southern frontiersmen was always more like that of the Middle region than like that of the tide-water portion of the South, which later came to spread its ...
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... western portion of the South, which was akin to Pennsylvania in stock, society ... West over and over again. And let me tell the gentleman from Albemarle (Mr ... Middle States and the mountains from the coast sections, had a solidarity of ...
... western portion of the South, which was akin to Pennsylvania in stock, society ... West over and over again. And let me tell the gentleman from Albemarle (Mr ... Middle States and the mountains from the coast sections, had a solidarity 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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