The Frontier in American History

The Frontier in American History is a collection of works related to the history of American colonization of Wild West. Turner expresses his views on how the idea of the frontier shaped the American being and characteristics. He writes how the frontier drove American history and why America is what it is today. Turner reflects on the past to illustrate his point by noting human fascination with the frontier and how expansion to the American West changed people's views on their culture.

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


  1. The Frontier in American History : Shaping America's Identity Through the Frontier Experience

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  2. The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  3. The Frontier in American History

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  4. History of the Frontier

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  5. The Significance of the Frontier in American History

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  6. Harvard Classics Volume 51 : Lectures

    Robert Matteson Johnston, Golden Deer Classics, William Scott Ferguson, Murray Anthony Potter, Frederick Jackson Turner, Carleton Noyes, Charles Burton Gulick, Charles Hall Grandgent, Ernest Bernbaum, Lawrence J. Henderson, W. M. Davis, Ralph Barton Perry, Charles Pomeroy Parker, Chester Noyes Greenough, William Roscoe Thayer, W. S. Ferguson, Chandler Rathfon Post, O. M. Sprague, W. A. Neilson, F. N. Robinson, G. H. Maynadier, J. D. Ford, Bliss Perry, H. W. Holmes, Frank Wilson Hersey, A. O. Norton, Thomas Nixon Carver, Charles J. Bullock, W. B. Munro, Roscoe Pound, George Pierce Baker, Kuno Francke, R. B. Dixon, George H. Chase, C. R. Lanman, Alfred Dwight Sheffield, Clifford Herschel Moore, C. H. Wright

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  7. The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  8. The Rise of the New West 1819-1829

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  9. Frederick Jackson Turner: Three History Classics

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  10. The Frontier in American History

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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  11. The Collected Works of Frederick Jackson Turner : PergamonMedia

    Frederick Jackson Turner

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