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Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner - "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,151
Discovery Miles 11 510
Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner - "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays (Paperback, New...

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner - "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays (Paperback, New Ed)

Frederick Turner; Edited by John Mack Faragher

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"The best assembly of Turner's essays now available. Faragher's introductory and concluding commentaries add considerably to the import of the book."-Stephen Aron, University of California, Los Angeles "Still ranks as the most influential piece of writing on American history."-Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer, A Notable Book of 1994 "Faragher's invaluable afterword . . . provides a judicious introduction to the issues that divide the revisionist New Western Historians from Turner and his disciples."-Michael Kammen, FanFare Frederick Jackson Turner is often considered to be the most influential American historian of the century, and his views continue to shape the controversial field of Western American history. In this book, John Mack Faragher introduces and comments on ten of Turner's most significant essays, concluding with a comment on the recent debate over Turner's legacy and his effect on Americans' understanding of their national character.

General

Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 1999
First published: February 1999
Authors: Frederick Turner
Editors: John Mack Faragher
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 276
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-07593-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > History > American history > General
LSN: 0-300-07593-6
Barcode: 9780300075939

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