Shaping The American Character

Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher : Now and Then Reader LLC
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781937853105

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Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner Pdf

More than a hundred years after it was first articulated, Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" remains one of the key interpretations of American history. Turner argued that the European heritage of Americans was less important in understanding the country they had made than their own experience in settling a continent. It was the circumstances of life on the frontierin fact a succession of frontiers that moved inexorably westwardthat were a determining influence on American character and institutions. Turner read this paper propounding his thesis at the meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago, July 12, 1893, as part of the World's Columbian Exposition. It was timely, he suggested, because the Census of 1890 had announced the closing of the frontier in the United States and thus the end of an important stage of American development.

Author : John R. M. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : National characteristics, American
ISBN : 081911166X

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Shaping the American Character by John R. M. Wilson Pdf

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Author : John R. M. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000002192974

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Shaping the American Character by John R. M. Wilson Pdf

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Author : John Warwick Montgomery
Publisher : New Reformation Publications
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781945500466

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The Shaping of America by John Warwick Montgomery Pdf

A critique of American ideas. The first half of the book deals with how America became the nation that it is; the second half suggests how it could become the nation that it should be. "Every Christian interested in the welfare of his or her country should read this excellent volume." (Robert G. Clouse, Department of History, Indiana State University)

Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1614275726

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The Significance of the Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner Pdf

2014 Reprint of 1894 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. The "Frontier Thesis" or "Turner Thesis," is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1894 that American democracy was formed by the American Frontier. He stressed the process-the moving frontier line-and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. He also stressed consequences of a ostensibly limitless frontier and that American democracy and egalitarianism were the principle results. In Turner's thesis the American frontier established liberty by releasing Americans from European mindsets and eroding old, dysfunctional customs. The frontier had no need for standing armies, established churches, aristocrats or nobles, nor for landed gentry who controlled most of the land and charged heavy rents. Frontier land was free for the taking. Turner first announced his thesis in a paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," delivered to the American Historical Association in 1893 in Chicago. He won very wide acclaim among historians and intellectuals. Turner's emphasis on the importance of the frontier in shaping American character influenced the interpretation found in thousands of scholarly histories. By the time Turner died in 1932, 60% of the leading history departments in the U.S. were teaching courses in frontier history along Turnerian lines.

Author : David Morris Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : National characteristics, American
ISBN : UCAL:B5115762

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People of Plenty by David Morris Potter Pdf

Author : Michael McGiffert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : National characteristics, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041542130

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The Character of Americans by Michael McGiffert Pdf

Author : Robert Emmett Curran
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813219677

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Shaping American Catholicism by Robert Emmett Curran Pdf

Distinguished historian Robert Emmett Curran presents an informed and balanced study of the American Catholic Church's experience in its two most important regions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Author : Brian P. Janiskee,Ken Masugi,Christina G. Villegas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538124611

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Democracy in California by Brian P. Janiskee,Ken Masugi,Christina G. Villegas Pdf

A supplemental text for American government courses in California that also include a CA politics component. Exploring the nature of public opinion, parties, and campaigns, the authors discuss the effects that the state’s diverse population has on all levels of politics and government.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1752 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : College buildings
ISBN : MINN:31951D01984947Y

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Education Legislation, 1968 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Education Pdf

Mar. 29 hearing held in Austin, Tex.

Author : Colin Woodard
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698181717

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American Character by Colin Woodard Pdf

The author of American Nations examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free society The struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention and in the run up to the Civil War to the fights surrounding the agendas of the Federalists, the Progressives, the New Dealers, the civil rights movement, and the Tea Party. In American Character, Colin Woodard traces these two key strands in American politics through the four centuries of the nation’s existence, from the first colonies through the Gilded Age, Great Depression and the present day, and he explores how different regions of the country have successfully or disastrously accommodated them. The independent streak found its most pernicious form in the antebellum South but was balanced in the Gilded Age by communitarian reform efforts; the New Deal was an example of a successful coalition between communitarian-minded Eastern elites and Southerners. Woodard argues that maintaining a liberal democracy, a society where mass human freedom is possible, requires finding a balance between protecting individual liberty and nurturing a free society. Going to either libertarian or collectivist extremes results in tyranny. But where does the “sweet spot” lie in the United States, a federation of disparate regional cultures that have always strongly disagreed on these issues? Woodard leads readers on a riveting and revealing journey through four centuries of struggle, experimentation, successes and failures to provide an answer. His historically informed and pragmatic suggestions on how to achieve this balance and break the nation’s political deadlock will be of interest to anyone who cares about the current American predicament—political, ideological, and sociological.

Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547004660

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The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner Pdf

The Frontier in American History is a collection of works related to the history of American colonization of Wild West. Turner expresses his views on how the idea of the frontier shaped the American being and characteristics. He writes how the frontier drove American history and why America is what it is today. Turner reflects on the past to illustrate his point by noting human fascination with the frontier and how expansion to the American West changed people's views on their culture. _x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ The Significance of the Frontier in American History_x000D_ The First Official Frontier of the Massachusetts Bay_x000D_ The Old West_x000D_ The Middle West_x000D_ The Ohio Valley in American History_x000D_ The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History_x000D_ The Problem of the West_x000D_ Dominant Forces in Western Life_x000D_ Contributions of the West to American Democracy_x000D_ Pioneer Ideals and the State University_x000D_ The West and American Ideals_x000D_ Social Forces in American History_x000D_ Middle Western Pioneer Democracy

Author : United States. President
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Executive orders
ISBN : UCR:31210025942507

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Code of Federal Regulations by United States. President Pdf

Special edition of the Federal register

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1986 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1985-10
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : UFL:31262097987803

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : The Princeton Review
Publisher : Princeton Review
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780593517314

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Princeton Review AP U.S. History Prep, 23rd Edition by The Princeton Review Pdf

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5—Ace the AP U.S. History Exam with this comprehensive study guide from The Princeton Review. It includes 3 full-length practice tests, thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every section, and access to online extras. Techniques That Actually Work • Tried-and-true strategies to help you avoid traps and beat the test • Tips for pacing yourself and guessing logically • Essential tactics to help you work smarter, not harder Everything You Need for a High Score • Fully aligned with the latest College Board standards for AP® U.S. History • Detailed coverage of the short-answer and source-based multiple-choice questions • In-depth guidance on the document-based and long essay questions • Access to study plans, a handy list of key terms and concepts, helpful pre-college information, and more via your online Student Tools Practice Your Way to Excellence • 3 full-length practice tests in the book with complete answer explanations • End-of-chapter review questions to test your retention of the material • Pacing drills to help you maximize points