The Frontier in American History

by Frederick Jackson Turner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781717344540
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/15/2018
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932) taught American history at the University of Wisconsin from 1890 to 1910 and at Harvard from 1910 until his retirement in 1922.
Alan Bogue is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Frederick Jackson Turner: Strange Roads Going Down.

Table of Contents

I The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1

II The First Official Frontier of the Massachusetts Bay 39

III The Old West 67

IV The Middle West 126

V The Ohio Valley in American History 157

VI The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History 177

VII The Problem of the West 205

VIII Dominant Forces in Western Life 222

IX Contributions of the West to American Democracy 243

X Pioneer Ideals and the State University 269

XI The West and American Ideals 290

XII Social Forces in American History 311

XIII Middle Western Pioneer Democracy 335

Index 361

Editorial Reviews

". . .sets forth in the clearest possible manner the view of American expansion which has inspired and illuminated all of Professor Turner's work from the beginning. Among all American historians no one has so fully caught the meaning of the frontier in our national development."—American Review of Books"Makes an excellent general presentation of a subject which is insufficiently understood by the average American, yet is so fascinating that any reader will be thankful to have it brought to his attention."—Springfield Republican

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