Bücher von Frederick Jackson Turner

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Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 - March 14, 1932) was an American historian during the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin until 1910, and then at Harvard. He was known primarily for his "Frontier Thesis". He trained many PhDs who became well-known historians. He promoted interdisciplinary and quantitative methods, often with an emphasis on the Midwest. His best known publication is his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", the ideas of which formed the Frontier Thesis. He argued that the moving western frontier exerted a strong influence on American democracy and the American character from the colonial era until 1890. He is also known for his theories of geographical sectionalism.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920. Excerpt: ... VII. The French And Indian Barriers, 1600-1765 General Reading Guide, 106, 108-110, 147-148. Channing, History of the United States, II, chs. 5, 18, 19 (pp. 131-154; 527-603). Thwaites, France in America, American Nation, VII. (Useful bibliography in ch. 19.) Greene, Provincial America, American Nation, VI, chs. 7-10. Parkman, France and England in North America (12 vols). The chronological order is given in Thwaites, France in America, 297; edition cited below is 1898. Winsor, Cartier to Frontenac., Mississippi Basin., Narrative and Critical History of America, IV, V. C. H. Mcllwain (Ed.), Wraxall's Abridgment of the New York State Indian Records, 1678 to 1751. Ogg, Opening of the Mississippi, chs. 3-7. Avery, History of the United States, II, 1-21; HI, 155 191,309-328; IV. (Useful maps and illustrations.) F. J. Turner, Rise and Fall of New France, in Chautau quan, XXIV, 31-34, 295-300. (Brief sketch.) Significance of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes Basin Brigham, Geographic Influences in American History, chs. 4-6. Van Hise, Conservation of Natural Resources, 271-274. Powell, Physiographic Regions, 82-86. Shaler, America, I. Winsor, Mississippi Basin, 4-32. Ogg, Opening of the Mississippi, 1-7; and Growth of Population in the Mississippi Valley, in World To-Day (February, 1905), III, 186-190. F. J. Turner, The Middle West, in International Monthly (December, 1901), IV, 794-798., Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History, in Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1910. H. P. Judson, in N. S. Shaler Ed., United States, I, chs. 3, 5. A. B. Hart, Future of the Mississippi Valley, in Harper's Monthly (February, 1900), C, 413. Exploration and Indian Trade Parkman, Frontenac; La Salle;...

As Crane Brinton wrote in the Christian Science Monitor at the time of its publication, "This is the long-awaited master work of a man who...must certainly figure in any list of great American historians." Turner was interested in the two decades between 1830 and 1850 because he felt they constituted a distinct era in which regional geography played a significant role in the development of the country. "Whether we consider politics, inventions, industrial processes, social changes, journalism, or even literature and religion, the outstanding fact is that, in these years, the common man grew in power and confidence, the peculiarly American conditions and ideals gained strength and recognition. An optimistic and creative nation was forming and dealing with democracy and with things, in vast new spaces, in an original, practical, and determined way and on a grand scale." This, in Professor Turner's works, is the theme of United States 1830-1850.

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