Does the frontier experience make America exceptional? / readings selected and introduced by Richard W. Etulain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Etulain, Richard W.

Series:

Historians at work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier thesis.

Frontier and pioneer life--United States--Historiography.

Frontier and pioneer life.

United States.

Historiography.

West (U.S.)--Historiography.

West (U.S.).

Regionalism--West (U.S.).

Regionalism.

Physical Description:

xii, 132 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [1999]

Contents:

Part I Introduction

The Frontier and American Exceptionalism

Frederick Jackson Turner and the Frontier

Historians and the Turner Thesis

Part II Some Current Questions

1 How was the idea of the "frontier" born?

The Significance of the Frontier in American History / Frederick Jackson Turner Turner, Frederick Jackson

2 How has the idea of the frontier shaped our imagination?

When Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill Cody Both Played Chicago in 1893 / Richard White White, Richard

3 Whose frontier is it?

Frederick Jackson Turner Overlooked the Ladies / Glenda Riley Riley, Glenda

4 Is the frontier idea still valid for the twenty-first century?

The Life of an Idea: The Significance of Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis / Martin Ridge Ridge, Martin

5 Will region replace frontier?

New West, True West: Interpreting the Region's History / Donald Worster Worster, Donald

6 How should we interpret the frontier/West?

Western History: Why the Past May Be Changing / Patricia Nelson Limerick Limerick, Patricia Nelson, Michael P. Malone Malone, Michael P., Gerald Thompson Thompson, Gerald, Elliott West West, Elliott.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132).

ISBN:

0312183097

OCLC:

41950758