The Frontier in American History - Softcover

Turner, Frederick Jackson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 003011425X ISBN 13: 9780030114250

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962

Synopsis

In republishing these essays in collected form, it has seemed best to issue them as they were originally printed, with the exception of a few slight corrections of slips in the text and with the omission of occasional duplication of language in the different essays. A considerable part of whatever value they may possess arises from the fact that they are commentaries in different 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 development during the past quarter 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 diplomatic history and the frontier and others stressing the significance of the section, or geographic province, in American history, are not included in the present collection. Neither the French nor the Spanish frontier is within the scope of the volume.

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Widely recognized as a classic of American historiography, "The Frontier in American History" examines the importance of the unsettled West as both idea and physical reality. Turner's essays explore the changing frontier as it moved progressively westward and discuss the contributions of the pioneers in each frontier area to the development of modern American democracy.

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'The Frontier in American History' examines the importance of the unsettled West as both idea and physical reality. Turner's essays explore the changing frontier as it moved progressively westward and discuss the contributions of the pioneers in each frontier area to the development of modern American democracy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Publication date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 003011425X
• ISBN 13: 9780030114250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 375