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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... period of American history.” Here Turner introduced the concept of closed space, and forecast a national future in which Americans must seek substitutes for the opportunities pro- vided by the frontier. Organized and presented with the ...
... period of American history.” Here Turner introduced the concept of closed space, and forecast a national future in which Americans must seek substitutes for the opportunities pro- vided by the frontier. Organized and presented with the ...
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... periods on the central theme of the influence of the frontier in American history . Consequently they may have some historical significance as contemporaneous attempts of a student of American history , at successive transitions in our ...
... periods on the central theme of the influence of the frontier in American history . Consequently they may have some historical significance as contemporaneous attempts of a student of American history , at successive transitions in our ...
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... period of the Revolution the frontier crossed the Alleghanies into Kentucky and Tennessee , and the upper waters of the Ohio were settled . When the first census was taken in 1790 , the continuous settled area was bounded by a line ...
... period of the Revolution the frontier crossed the Alleghanies into Kentucky and Tennessee , and the upper waters of the Ohio were settled . When the first census was taken in 1790 , the continuous settled area was bounded by a line ...
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... period . Grund , writing in 1836 , declares : " It appears then that the universal disposition of Americans to emigrate to the western wilderness , in order to enlarge their dominion over inanimate nature , is the actual result of an ...
... period . Grund , writing in 1836 , declares : " It appears then that the universal disposition of Americans to emigrate to the western wilderness , in order to enlarge their dominion over inanimate nature , is the actual result of an ...
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... period is found in California , where the gold discoveries had sent a sudden tide of adventurous miners , and in Oregon , and the settlements in Utah.18 As the frontier had leaped over the Alleghanies , so now it skipped the Great ...
... period is found in California , where the gold discoveries had sent a sudden tide of adventurous miners , and in Oregon , and the settlements in Utah.18 As the frontier had leaped over the Alleghanies , so now it skipped the Great ...
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