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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... century to interpret the relations of the present to the past. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the various societies and periodicals which have given permission to reprint the essays. Various essays dealing with the connection of ...
... century to interpret the relations of the present to the past. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the various societies and periodicals which have given permission to reprint the essays. Various essays dealing with the connection of ...
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... century another advance occurred . Traders followed the Delaware and Shawnese Indians to the Ohio as early as the end of the first quarter of the century . Gov. Spotswood , of Virginia , made an expedition in 1714 across the Blue Ridge ...
... century another advance occurred . Traders followed the Delaware and Shawnese Indians to the Ohio as early as the end of the first quarter of the century . Gov. Spotswood , of Virginia , made an expedition in 1714 across the Blue Ridge ...
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... century the line indicated by the present eastern boundary of Indian Territory, Nebraska, and Kansas marked the frontier of the Indian country. Minnesota and * * * Wisconsin still exhibited frontier conditions, but the distinctive ...
... century the line indicated by the present eastern boundary of Indian Territory, Nebraska, and Kansas marked the frontier of the Indian country. Minnesota and * * * Wisconsin still exhibited frontier conditions, but the distinctive ...
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... century; the Alleghanies that of the eighteenth; the Mississippi that of the first quarter of the nineteenth; the Missouri that of the middle of this century (omitting the California movement); and the belt of the Rocky Mountains and ...
... century; the Alleghanies that of the eighteenth; the Mississippi that of the first quarter of the nineteenth; the Missouri that of the middle of this century (omitting the California movement); and the belt of the Rocky Mountains and ...
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... “ America , ” he says , “ has the key to the historical enigma which Europe has sought for centuries in vain , and the land which has no history reveals luminously the course of universal history.” There is much truth in this. The.
... “ America , ” he says , “ has the key to the historical enigma which Europe has sought for centuries in vain , and the land which has no history reveals luminously the course of universal history.” There is much truth in this. The.
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