Title The Turner thesis concerning the role of the frontier in American history / edited with an introduction by George Rogers Taylor

Edition Revised edition Published Boston : Heath, [1956] Boston : D. C. Heath and Company, [1956] ©1956

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Description 109 pages ; 24 cm Series Problems in American civilization; readings selected by the Dept. of American Studies, Amherst College Problems in American civilization. Contents The significance of the frontier in American history / F.J. Turner -- Contributions of the West to American democracy / F.J. Turner -- Political institutions and the frontier / B.F. Wright, Jr -- Sections or classes? / L.M. Hacker -- The frontier and American institutions; a criticism of the Turner theory / G.W. Pierson -- The American frontier, frontier of what? / C.J.H. Hayes -- Frederick Jackson Turner / A. Craven -- The frontier and the 400 year boom / W.P. Webb -- A meaning for Turner's frontier, democracy in the Old Northwest / S. Elkins and E. McKitrick Analysis Frontier and pioneer life United States Historiography Frontier thesis Turner, Frederick Jackson 1861-1932 Frontier in American history United States Territorial expansion Historiography Notes Suggestions for additional reading (p. 185-188) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [108]-109) Notes Problems in American civilization; readings selected by the Dept. of American Studies, Amherst College no:1 1956 Subject Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932. Frontier in American history Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932. The frontier in American history Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography. Frontier thesis. SUBJECT United States -- History -- Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140322 United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130 United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 -- Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005065 United States -- Territorial expansion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140559 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 West (U.S.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146151 Author Taylor, George Rogers, 1895-1983, editor LC no. 56014601

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