The Frontier in American HistoryCourier Corporation, 10 Apr 2012 - 400 halaman Written in 1893, this enormously influential survey revised previous interpretations of U. S. history with its exploration of frontier life's impact on a transplanted civilization. Author Frederick Jackson Turner examines in depth the frontier's role in developing a unique and democratic society and its promotion of self-reliance, independence, immigration, and westward expansion. Subjects include "The First Official Frontier of the Massachusetts Bay," "The Old West," "The Ohio Valley in American History," "Contributions of the West to American Democracy," "Social Forces in American History," "Middle Western Pioneer Democracy," and many other topics. This edition features a new Introduction that traces the book's significance. Students, teachers, historians, and anyone with an interest in American history will find it a fascinating resource. |
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... north-south line on the map of the country could no longer depict the edge of western settlement in the United States. Then he proclaimed that “the existence of an area of free land, its. INTRODUCTION. TO. THE. DOVER. EDITION. iv.
... north-south line on the map of the country could no longer depict the edge of western settlement in the United States. Then he proclaimed that “the existence of an area of free land, its. INTRODUCTION. TO. THE. DOVER. EDITION. iv.
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... North Carolina , iv , p . xx ; Weston , " Documents Connected with the History of South Carolina , " p . 82 ; Ellis and Evans , " History of Lancaster County , Pa . , " chs . iii , xxvi . 5 Parkman , " Pontiac , " ii ; Griffis , " Sir ...
... North Carolina , iv , p . xx ; Weston , " Documents Connected with the History of South Carolina , " p . 82 ; Ellis and Evans , " History of Lancaster County , Pa . , " chs . iii , xxvi . 5 Parkman , " Pontiac , " ii ; Griffis , " Sir ...
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... North Carolina,” etc. (London, 1792) ; Pope, “ Tour Through the Southern and Western Territories,” etc. (Richmond, 1792); Weld, “Travels Through the States of North America ” (London, 1799) ; Baily, “Joumal of a Tour in the Unsettled ...
... North Carolina,” etc. (London, 1792) ; Pope, “ Tour Through the Southern and Western Territories,” etc. (Richmond, 1792); Weld, “Travels Through the States of North America ” (London, 1799) ; Baily, “Joumal of a Tour in the Unsettled ...
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... North America”; Lloyd “Steamboat Directory” (Cincinnati, 1856); “Forty Days in a Western Hotel” (Chicago), in Putnam's Magazine, December, 1894-; Mackay, “The Western World,” ii, ch. ii, iii; Meeker, “Life in the W ”;B ,“G ' A ' ” B ...
... North America”; Lloyd “Steamboat Directory” (Cincinnati, 1856); “Forty Days in a Western Hotel” (Chicago), in Putnam's Magazine, December, 1894-; Mackay, “The Western World,” ii, ch. ii, iii; Meeker, “Life in the W ”;B ,“G ' A ' ” B ...
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... north and south ; the line of the arid lands , approx- imately the ninety - ninth meridian ; and the Rocky Mountains . The fall line marked the frontier of the seventeenth century ; the Alleghanies that of the eighteenth ; the ...
... north and south ; the line of the arid lands , approx- imately the ninety - ninth meridian ; and the Rocky Mountains . The fall line marked the frontier of the seventeenth century ; the Alleghanies that of the eighteenth ; the ...
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