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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... population of some 2,000 in 1860 it was a county seat, the supplier and market for the local farm population, a way station to the northern pineries, and a potential rail- road center. It was here, in 1861, that Mary Hanford and Andrew ...
... population of some 2,000 in 1860 it was a county seat, the supplier and market for the local farm population, a way station to the northern pineries, and a potential rail- road center. It was here, in 1861, that Mary Hanford and Andrew ...
Halaman iv
... population census showed that a continuous 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. iv.
... population census showed that a continuous 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. iv.
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... populations . The most significant thing about the American frontier is , that it lies at the hither edge of free land . In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settle- ment which has a density of two or more to the ...
... populations . The most significant thing about the American frontier is , that it lies at the hither edge of free land . In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settle- ment which has a density of two or more to the ...
Halaman 7
... population on the extreme confines of the State , in order to gain space for its development . Hardly is a new State or Territory formed before the same principle manifests itself again and gives rise to a further emigration ; and so is ...
... population on the extreme confines of the State , in order to gain space for its development . Hardly is a new State or Territory formed before the same principle manifests itself again and gives rise to a further emigration ; and so is ...
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... population . These States have been sending farmers to advance the frontier on the plains , and have themselves begun to turn to intensive farming and to manufacture . A decade before this , Ohio had shown the same transition stage ...
... population . These States have been sending farmers to advance the frontier on the plains , and have themselves begun to turn to intensive farming and to manufacture . A decade before this , Ohio had shown the same transition stage ...
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