The frontier in American history / by Frederick Jackson Turner.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932
Language:English
Published: New York : H. Holt and Company, 1920.
Subjects:
United States > History.
West (U.S.) > History.
Physical Description:375 pages ; 19 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The significance of the frontier in American history
  • The first official frontier of the Massachusetts bay
  • The old West
  • The Middle West
  • The Ohio valley in American history
  • The significance of the Mississippi valley in American history
  • The problem of the West
  • Dominant forces in western life
  • Contributions of the West to American democracy
  • Pioneer ideals and the state university
  • The West and American ideals
  • Social forces in American history
  • Middle western pioneer democracy.