The Great Frontier - Hardcover

Webb, Walter Prescott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0292732538 ISBN 13: 9780292732537

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1964

Synopsis

The Great Frontier according to Walter Prescott Webb, is applied to all the new lands discovered at the opening of the sixteenth century.

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963) wrote or edited more than twenty books including "The Great Plains," "Divided We Stand," and "The Texas Rangers." He taught at the University of Texas, the University of London, and at Oxford University. Although Webb's work sparked controversy and sharp criticism, it inspired new thinking about the role of regionalism in the nation's history.

Review:

"[Walter Prescott Webb] writes interestingly about large problems, the solution of which should help mankind to understand its past and assist in formulating more socially desirable public and private policies. He is blessed with both a bold mind and a brilliant pen, two assets that have raised him to a position of respect among members of the profession to which he belongs. In [The Great Frontier] Mr. Webb attempts to interpret the history of Western culture from 1500 to the present in terms of the expansion of Europe overseas. Although this theme is not new... it has never before been treated in such a grand manner and with the same points of emphasis as in the present volume." - New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1964
• ISBN 10: 0292732538
• ISBN 13: 9780292732537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 434