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The frontier in American history. With a foreword by Ray Allen Billington.

By: Publication details: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1962]Description: xx, 375 pages 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805013210
  • 9780805013214
  • 003011425X
  • 9780030114250
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973
LOC classification:
  • E179.5 .T956 1962
Other classification:
  • HD 475
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
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.
Summary: A collection of studies presenting a view of American expansion and the significance of the frontier in shaping American character, ideals, and democracy.
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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.

A collection of studies presenting a view of American expansion and the significance of the frontier in shaping American character, ideals, and democracy.

Also issued online.

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