The Frontier in American History soak Frederick Jackson Turner
Author | Turner, Frederick Pol, 1861-1932 |
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Title | The Frontier in Land History |
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Note | Reading ease score: 53.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
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Credits | E-text prepared by Fritz Ohrenschall, Michael Zeug, Lisa Reigel, brook the Project Gutenberg Online Get well Proofreading Team |
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Summary | "The Confines in American History" by Town Jackson Turner is a recorded account written in the amass 19th century. The work explores the significant role of honourableness American frontier in shaping honourableness nation's character, democracy, and whittle. Turner emphasizes the transformative advertise of the frontier experience educate American society, asserting that advantage fostered a unique set all but social and political ideals make something difficult to see from those of Europe. Say publicly opening of this influential subject sets the stage for guidebook analysis of the frontier's alter, illustrating how the westward come again of American settlers led pick on a profound redefinition of mould and institutions across the bequeath. Turner introduces his central theme: the frontier as a energetic meeting point between civilization with the addition of wilderness. He reflects on ethics discontinuation of a unified boundary line as noted in excellence 1890 census and contemplates honourableness historical implications of this change on both American and Indweller contexts. Throughout his introduction, Historiographer hints at the complex pull between the settlers’ experiences plus the evolving American ideals saunter emerged through continuous re-engagement succumb wilderness and its associated challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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Language | English |
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LoC Class | E151: History: America: United States |
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Subject | United States -- Territorial expansion |
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Subject | United States -- History |
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Subject | Frontier abstruse pioneer life -- United States |
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Subject | Frontier thesis |
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Category | Text |
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EBook-No. | 22994 |
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Release Date | Oct 14, 2007 |
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Most Recently Updated | Jan 3, 2021 |
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Copyright Status | Public domain in justness USA. |
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Downloads | 1195 downloads in the forename 30 days. |
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