Joanna Dee Das, Joseph Tendler

An Analysis of Frederick Jackson Turner's The Significance of the Frontier in American History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Turnerâ s much-anthologized 1893 essay argues that the vast western frontier shaped the modern American characterâ and the course of US history. Interacting with both the wilderness and Native Americans, settlers on the frontier developed institutions and character traits quite distinct from Europe.

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Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9781912127863
• ISBN-10: 1912127865
• Artikelnr.: 48847446

Autorenporträt

Dr Joanna Dee Das holds a PhD in history from Columbia University. She has taught at Barnard College and Stanford University, and currently teaches at Washington University in St Louis. Dr Joseph Tendler received his PhD from the University of St Andrews. He is a specialist in historiography, the study of how history is conceived and written, and is the author of Opponents of the Annales School.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who was Frederick Jackson Turner? What does The
significance of the frontier in American history Say? Why does The
significance of the frontier in American history Matter? Section 1:
Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2:
Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution
Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7:
Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module
9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and
Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned
in the Text Works Cited