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Turner, Frederick Jackson - 1861–1932, American historian, b. Portage, Wis. He taught at the Univ. of Wisconsin from 1885 to 1910 except for a year spent in graduate study at Johns Hopkins Univ. From 1910 to 1924 he taught at Harvard, and later he was research associate at the Henry E. Huntington Library. At first he taught rhetoric and oratory but turned to U.S. history, soon focusing on


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    The Frontier in American History » Read Now

    by Frederick Jackson Turner. 375 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY BY FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY...but was vetoed by President Jackson, who, in his annual message of...Western...
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    Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 » Read Now

    by Frederick Jackson Turner. 368 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...WEST 1819-1829 BY FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER PH.D. PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN...life-mask made by J. H. Browere. FREDERICK J. TURNER. RISE OF THE NEW WEST CHAPTER...1812 to the...
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    History, Frontier, and Section: Three Essays (Turner biographical sketch in the introduction) » Read Now

    by Frederick Jackson Turner, Martin Ridge. 120 pgs.

    ...Frontier, and Section Frederick Jackson Turner in his office at the Wisconsin...Section THREE ESSAYS BY Frederick Jackson Turner Introduction by Martin...in-Publication...
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    British Essays in American History (contains "F. J. Turner and the Frontier In American History") » Read Now

    by H. C. Allen, C. P. Hill. 348 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...MANIFEST DESTINY 123 F. J. TURNER AND THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY...TRADITION 207 AMERICAN RADICALISM: JACKSON, BRYAN AND WILSON 225...1804, he might have lived on...
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    The Distorted Image: Changing Conceptions of the American Character since Turner » Read Now

    by Thomas L. Hartshorne. 232 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...older leaders of thought as Frederick Jackson Turner, Josiah Royce, Herbert...OPTIMISM I In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner read his paper on the frontier...2 Frederick...
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    The American Frontier » Read Now

    by Ray Allen Billington. 35 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
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    The Distorted Image: Changing Conceptions of the American Character since Turner » Read Now

    by Thomas L. Hartshorne. 232 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...older leaders of thought as Frederick Jackson Turner, Josiah Royce, Herbert...OPTIMISM I In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner read his paper on the frontier...2 Frederick...
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    The American Past: Conflicting Interpretations of the Great Issues (Chap. 4, "The Turner Thesis: Is It a Valid Key to the Meaning of American History?") » Read Now

    by Sidney Fine, Gerald S. Brown. 554 pgs.

    ...such a negro, for example, as Frederick Douglass," asked a Southerner...Carpetbagger characterized Henry M. Turner, preacher, politician, and...killed at various times in...
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    Bush and Backwoods: A Comparison of the Troutier in Australia and the United States (Chap. 8, "Turner on Two Continents") » Read Now

    by H. C. Allen. 153 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...at the way in which Frederick Jackson Turners frontier thesis might...thesis expounded by Turner, who was, indeed, in...Starving Times at Port Jackson as well as at...
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    A New Significance: Re-Envisioning the History of the American West » Read Now

    by Clyde A. Milner II, Allan G. Bogue. 318 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    In 1893, Frederick Jackson Turner published his revolutionary essay, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History." A century later, many of the country's most innovative scholars of Western history assembled at a conference at Utah State University under the direction of historian Clyde A...
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    Individualism and Conformity in the American Character (contains "Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier and Individualism") » Read Now

    by Richard L. Rapson. 100 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Parrington, and, to some extent, Frederick Jackson Turner. In their spirited and influential...Opportunity 22 6 FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER The Frontier and...
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    Beating a Dead Horse?: The Continuing Presence of Frederick Jackson Turner in Environmental and Western History, in International Social Science Review » Read Now

    by T.R.C. Hutton. 11 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...the continuing presence of Frederick Jackson Turner in environmental and western...frontier approaches in 1993, Frederick Jackson Turner has apparently become the...express...
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    In Search of America: Transatlantic Essays, 1951-1990 (Chap. 16. "Willa Cather and Frederick Jackson Turner") » Read Now

    by Marcus Cunliffe, Robert H. Walker. 450 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This wide ranging selection of essays by a renowned English scholar explores American history, literature, and culture. Many aspects and periods of American history, life, and thought are examined: military, political, biographical, comparative, and more. The text is scholarly, yet readable. The...
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    Frontier and Region: Essays in Honor of Martin Ridge (Chap. 10, "When Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill Cody Both Played Chicago in 1893") » Read Now

    by Robert C. Ritchie, Paul Andrew Hutton, Martin Ridge. 264 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...169 10. When Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill Both Played...1977, fifty years after Frederick Jackson Turner walked through the front...illustrious predecessor...
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