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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... farming frontier of the Mississippi Valley presents different conditions from the mining frontier of the Rocky Mountains. The frontier reached by the Pacific Railroad, surveyed into rectangles, guarded by the United States Army, and ...
... farming frontier of the Mississippi Valley presents different conditions from the mining frontier of the Rocky Mountains. The frontier reached by the Pacific Railroad, surveyed into rectangles, guarded by the United States Army, and ...
Halaman 14
... farmer. Excepting the fisherman, each type of industry was on the march toward the West, impelled by an irresistible attraction. Each passed in successive waves across the continent. Stand at Cumberland Gap and watch the procession of ...
... farmer. Excepting the fisherman, each type of industry was on the march toward the West, impelled by an irresistible attraction. Each passed in successive waves across the continent. Stand at Cumberland Gap and watch the procession of ...
Halaman 15
... farmer was still near the mouth of the Missouri. Why was it that the Indian trader passed so rapidly across the ... farmer appeared on the scene, primitive Indian life had passed away. The farmers met Indians armed with guns. The trading ...
... farmer was still near the mouth of the Missouri. Why was it that the Indian trader passed so rapidly across the ... farmer appeared on the scene, primitive Indian life had passed away. The farmers met Indians armed with guns. The trading ...
Halaman 16
... farming frontier. French colonization was dominated by its trading frontier; English colonization by its farming ... farmer, the Indian trade pioneered the way for civilization. The buffalo trail became the Indian trail, and this ...
... farming frontier. French colonization was dominated by its trading frontier; English colonization by its farming ... farmer, the Indian trade pioneered the way for civilization. The buffalo trail became the Indian trail, and this ...
Halaman 18
... farmer's frontier, with tongues of settlement pushed forward and with indentations of wilderness. In part this is due to Indian resistance, in part to the location of river valleys and passes, in part to the unequal force of the centers ...
... farmer's frontier, with tongues of settlement pushed forward and with indentations of wilderness. In part this is due to Indian resistance, in part to the location of river valleys and passes, in part to the unequal force of the centers ...
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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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