Does the frontier experience make America exceptional? / readings selected and introduced by Richard W. Etulain ; selections by Frederick Jackson Turner [and others].
Etulain, Richard W.; Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932.
1999
E179.5 .D64 1999 (Mapit)
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Title Does the frontier experience make America exceptional? / readings selected and introduced by Richard W. Etulain ; selections by Frederick Jackson Turner [and others].
ISBN 0312183097
9780312183097
Publication Details Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, ©1999.
Language English
Description xii, 132 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number E179.5 .D64 1999
Summary Presents nine readings in which historians examine the significance of the frontier experience in America, each with a headnote that introduces the subject and its author, and a selection of study guides.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132).
Added Author Etulain, Richard W.
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932.
Series Historians at work.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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How was the idea of the "frontier" born? : The significance of the frontier in American history / Frederick Jackson Turner
How has the idea of the frontier shaped our imagination? : When Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill Cody both played Chicago in 1893 / Richard White
Whose frontier is it? : Frederick Jackson Turner overlooked the ladies / Glenda Riley
Is the frontier idea still valid for the twenty-first century? : The life of an idea : the significance of Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis / Martin Ridge
Will region replace frontier? : New West, true West : interpreting the region's history / Donald Worster
How should we interpret the frontier/West? : Western history : why the past may be changing / Patricia Nelson Limerick [and others].

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