Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner : "The significance of the frontier in American history", and other essays / with commentary by John Mack Faragher.

Author: Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932.

Imprint:New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1998.

Description255 p. ; 22 cm.

Note:Originally published: New York : H. Holt and Co., 1994.

Note:Introduction: "A nation thrown back upon itself" : Frederick Jackson Turner and the frontier -- The significance of history (1891) -- The significance of the frontier in American history (1893) -- The problem of the West (1896) -- Contributions of the West to American democracy (1903) -- Pioneer ideals and the state university (1910) -- Social forces in Americn history (1910) -- The West and American ideals (1914) -- Middle Western pioneer democracy (1918) -- Sections and nation (1922) -- The significance of the section in American history (1925) -- Afterword: The significance of the frontier in American historiography: a guide to further reading.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-255).

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