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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... trade and he encountered them amid the nearby woods, lakes, and streams where he and his father loved to fish. Active and intelligent, Fred made friends easily and thrived in school where he excelled in oratory. His father's occupation ...
... trade and he encountered them amid the nearby woods, lakes, and streams where he and his father loved to fish. Active and intelligent, Fred made friends easily and thrived in school where he excelled in oratory. His father's occupation ...
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... trade , 11 and beyond the Mississippi , 9 Scribner's Statistical Atlas , xxxviii , pl . 13 ; McMaster , " Hist . of People of U. S. , " i , pp . 4 , 60 , 61 ; Imlay and Filson , " Western Territory of America " ( London , 1793 ) ...
... trade , 11 and beyond the Mississippi , 9 Scribner's Statistical Atlas , xxxviii , pl . 13 ; McMaster , " Hist . of People of U. S. , " i , pp . 4 , 60 , 61 ; Imlay and Filson , " Western Territory of America " ( London , 1793 ) ...
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... Trade of China and the Indian Islands " ; Benton , " Highway to the Pacific " ( a speech delivered in the U. S. Senate , December 16 , 1850 ) . 17 A writer in The Home Missionary ( 1850 ) , p . 239 , reporting Wiscon- sin conditions ...
... Trade of China and the Indian Islands " ; Benton , " Highway to the Pacific " ( a speech delivered in the U. S. Senate , December 16 , 1850 ) . 17 A writer in The Home Missionary ( 1850 ) , p . 239 , reporting Wiscon- sin conditions ...
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... Trade in Wis- consin , " p . 18 ; Peck , " New Guide for Emigrants " ( Boston , 1837 ) , ch . iv ; " Compendium Eleventh Census , " i , p . xl . State with varied agricultural interests . But earlier it was THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ...
... Trade in Wis- consin , " p . 18 ; Peck , " New Guide for Emigrants " ( Boston , 1837 ) , ch . iv ; " Compendium Eleventh Census , " i , p . xl . State with varied agricultural interests . But earlier it was THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ...
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... trade was coeval with American discovery . The Norsemen , Vespuccius , Verrazani , Hudson , John Smith , all 24 See post , for illustrations of the political accompaniments of changed industrial conditions . The maps of the census ...
... trade was coeval with American discovery . The Norsemen , Vespuccius , Verrazani , Hudson , John Smith , all 24 See post , for illustrations of the political accompaniments of changed industrial conditions . The maps of the census ...
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