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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... element of truth in them . If we would understand this element of truth , we must study the transforming influence of the American wilderness , remote from Europe , and by its resources and its free opportunities affording the ...
... element of truth in them . If we would understand this element of truth , we must study the transforming influence of the American wilderness , remote from Europe , and by its resources and its free opportunities affording the ...
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... element and the time element . It is evident that the farming frontier of the Mississippi Valley presents different conditions from the mining frontier of the Rocky Mountains . The frontier reached by the Pacific Railroad , sur- veyed ...
... element and the time element . It is evident that the farming frontier of the Mississippi Valley presents different conditions from the mining frontier of the Rocky Mountains . The frontier reached by the Pacific Railroad , sur- veyed ...
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... element favoring the rapid extension of the rancher's frontier is the fact that in a remote country lacking transportation facilities the product must be in small bulk , or must be able to transport itself , and the cattle raiser could ...
... element favoring the rapid extension of the rancher's frontier is the fact that in a remote country lacking transportation facilities the product must be in small bulk , or must be able to transport itself , and the cattle raiser could ...
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... element in the stock of the colonial frontier . With these peoples were also the freed indented servants , or redemptioners , who at the expiration of their time of service passed to the frontier . Governor Spotswood of Virginia writes ...
... element in the stock of the colonial frontier . With these peoples were also the freed indented servants , or redemptioners , who at the expiration of their time of service passed to the frontier . Governor Spotswood of Virginia writes ...
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... elements in the frontier of the South were only less great . In the middle of the present century the German element in Wisconsin was already so considerable that leading publicists looked to the creation of a German state out of the ...
... elements in the frontier of the South were only less great . In the middle of the present century the German element in Wisconsin was already so considerable that leading publicists looked to the creation of a German state out of the ...
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