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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... common measures of defense. Particularism was strongest in colonies with no Indian frontier. This frontier stretched along the western border like a cord of union. The Indian was a common danger, demanding united action. Most celebrated ...
... common measures of defense. Particularism was strongest in colonies with no Indian frontier. This frontier stretched along the western border like a cord of union. The Indian was a common danger, demanding united action. Most celebrated ...
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... common English speech in America into a belief that the stock is also English. In another way the advance of the frontier decreased our dependence on England. The coast, particularly of the South, lacked diversified industries, and was ...
... common English speech in America into a belief that the stock is also English. In another way the advance of the frontier decreased our dependence on England. The coast, particularly of the South, lacked diversified industries, and was ...
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... common law of the settlers." It is safe to say that the legislation with regard to land, tariff, and internal improvements—the American system of the nationalizing Whig party—was conditioned on frontier ideas and needs. But it was not ...
... common law of the settlers." It is safe to say that the legislation with regard to land, tariff, and internal improvements—the American system of the nationalizing Whig party—was conditioned on frontier ideas and needs. But it was not ...
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... common traits, and these traits have, while softening down, still persisted as survivals in the place of their origin, even when a higher social organization succeeded. The result is that to the frontier the American intellect owes its ...
... common traits, and these traits have, while softening down, still persisted as survivals in the place of their origin, even when a higher social organization succeeded. The result is that to the frontier the American intellect owes its ...
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... common sequence of frontier types (fur trader, cattle-raising pioneer, small primitive farmer, and the farmer engaged in intensive varied agriculture to produce a surplus for export) had appeared, though confusedly, in New England. The ...
... common sequence of frontier types (fur trader, cattle-raising pioneer, small primitive farmer, and the farmer engaged in intensive varied agriculture to produce a surplus for export) had appeared, though confusedly, in New England. The ...
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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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