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9780300075939

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner : "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300075939

  • ISBN10:

    0300075936

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1999-02-08
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

Frederick Jackson Turner is often considered to be the most influential American historian office century, and his views continue to shape the controversial field of Western American history. In this book, John Mack Faragher introduces and comments on ten of Turner's most significant essays, concluding with a comment on the recent debate over Turner's legacy and his effect on Americans' understanding of their national character.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION "A NATION THROWN BACK UPON ITSELF": FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AND THE FRONTIER 1(10)
ONE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORY (1891)
11(20)
TWO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY (1893)
31(30)
THREE THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST (1896)
61(16)
FOUR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE WEST TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (1903)
77(24)
FIVE PIONEER IDEALS AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY (1910)
101(18)
SIX SOCIAL FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY (1910)
119(21)
SEVEN THE WEST AND AMERICAN IDEALS (1914)
140(19)
EIGHT MIDDLE WESTERN PIONEER DEMOCRACY (1918)
159(22)
NINE SECTIONS AND NATION (1922)
181(20)
TEN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SECTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY (1925)
201(24)
AFTERWORD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY: A GUIDE TO FURTHER READING 225(18)
NOTES 243

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