America's Frontier Heritage
The hypothesis advanced in Frederick Jackson Turner's famous 1893 essay, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, has been debated by three generations of scholars. The pioneering experience, Turner suggested, accounted for some of the distinctive characteristics of the American people: during three centuries of expansion their attitudes toward democracy, nationalism and individualism were altered, and they developed distinctively American traits, such as wastefulness, inventiveness, mobility, and a dozen more.After opening with a summary of the appearance, acceptance, and subsequent dismissal of the theory, the author carefully…
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Weitere Autoren: Cronon, William (Hrsg.) / Lamar, Howard R. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8263-0310-3
- EAN: 9780826303103
- Produktnummer: 4908032
- Verlag: University Of New Mexico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1975
- Seitenangabe: 322 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 497 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 497
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