The Frontier in American HistoryOpen Road Media, 27 Okt 2015 - 276 halaman A fascinating exploration of American identity by one of the most influential historians and thinkers of the twentieth century According to Frederick Jackson Turner, the distinct qualities of the American character are inseparable from the idea of the frontier. One of the nation’s most influential historians, Turner sets forth his “frontier thesis” in the eight brilliant, enlightening, and provocative essays that make up his seminal work, The Frontier in American History—a book which profoundly altered the way Americans viewed themselves. Disputing the traditionally held emphasis on European cultural influences, Turner argues that the American frontier fostered self-reliance, optimism, ingenuity, individualism, restlessness, materialism, and democratic ideals—traits that collectively shaped the national character. His groundbreaking work continues to influence American culture, politics, and history more than eighty years after it was first published. |
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... Atlantic coast , we have the familiar phenomenon of the evolution of institutions in a limited area , such as the rise of representative government ; the differentiation of simple colonial governments into complex organs ; the progress ...
... Atlantic coast , we have the familiar phenomenon of the evolution of institutions in a limited area , such as the rise of representative government ; the differentiation of simple colonial governments into complex organs ; the progress ...
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... Atlantic coast . It was the frontier of Europe in a very real sense . Moving westward , the frontier became more and more American . As successive terminal moraines result from successive glaciations , so each frontier leaves its traces ...
... Atlantic coast . It was the frontier of Europe in a very real sense . Moving westward , the frontier became more and more American . As successive terminal moraines result from successive glaciations , so each frontier leaves its traces ...
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... Atlantic area , thus giving a new and important character to the frontier . The isolation of the region increased its peculiarly American tendencies , and the need of transportation facilities to connect it with the East called out ...
... Atlantic area , thus giving a new and important character to the frontier . The isolation of the region increased its peculiarly American tendencies , and the need of transportation facilities to connect it with the East called out ...
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... Atlantic frontier one can study the germs of processes repeated at each successive frontier. We have the complex European life sharply precipitated by the wilderness into the simplicity of primitive conditions. The first frontier had to ...
... Atlantic frontier one can study the germs of processes repeated at each successive frontier. We have the complex European life sharply precipitated by the wilderness into the simplicity of primitive conditions. The first frontier had to ...
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... Atlantic frontier was compounded of fisherman, fur- trader, miner, cattle-raiser, and farmer. Excepting the fisherman, each type of industry was on the march toward the West, impelled by an irresistible attraction. Each passed in ...
... Atlantic frontier was compounded of fisherman, fur- trader, miner, cattle-raiser, and farmer. Excepting the fisherman, each type of industry was on the march toward the West, impelled by an irresistible attraction. Each passed in ...
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