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

Edition Third edition Published Lexington, Mass. : Heath, [1971] [©1972]

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Description xi, 188 pages ; 21 cm Series Problems in American civilization Problems in American civilization. Contents The significance of the frontier in American history, by F. J. Turner.--Contributions of the West to American democracy, by F. J. Turner.--Sections or classes? By L. M. Hacker.--Political institutions and the frontier, by B. F. Wright, Jr.--The frontier and American institutions; a criticism of the Turner theory, by G. W. Pierson.--The American frontier, frontier of what? By C. J. H. Hayes.--Frederick Jackson Turner, by A. Craven.--The frontier and the 400 year boom, by W. P. Webb.--A meaning for Turner's frontier, democracy in the Old Northwest, by S. Elkins and E. McKitrick.--Frontier democracy; social aspects, by R. A. Billington.--Suggestions for additional reading (p. 185-188) Subject Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932. Frontier in American history Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography. Frontier thesis. SUBJECT United States -- Territorial expansion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140559 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 Author Taylor, George Rogers, 1895-1983. LC no. 78173781 ISBN 0669810592

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