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Bezig met laden... The Frontier in American History (Kindle) (origineel 1920; editie 2011)door Frederick Jackson Turner (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This book is an essay by the author whose main controversial thesis is that the American western frontier is really the only truly American contribution to American history. This book has 12 other essays, either supporting or arguing against Turner's thesis. A minor thesis of Turner is that frontiers, in all countries, are settled by the common people, the discontents. He cites examples of Greece, Rome, and Germany, among others. To me, these essays are really more historiography than history. I purchased this book on Kindle after unearthing the original essay dated 1974 that was too faded to read ( ) A seminal work in American historical research, Turner's view is controversial today. It certainly was affirmed by the vast majority of Americans when initially published - but we're in the "America has problems" era where all that has passed is subject to second-guessing. Turner's view is easily defended by one's own experience and the experience of the country. We Americans have always maintained the attitude that space is available somewhere for us to expand or to begin again or to start our lives over. It's a fact. Turner only verifies this feeling through research. Those who denigrate Turner's thesis see nothing special in America from any other country - the frontier has had no effect on it. Bull. Turner's "frontier hypothesis" is a vital part of American historiography, and it's well set forth in the first few chapters of this book. Too many of the later chapters, though, are simply padding consisting of university commencement speeches and other "popular" writing. And as far as Turner's subscribing to the idea of pax Americana in the concluding chapter, which is partly boosterism for America's intervention into the then-ongoing First World War – well, a couple good correctives would be Frederick Merk's Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History and William Appleman Williams's The Tragedy of American Diplomacy. This book is one of those classics that are much cited but less often read. The book seems to me to have been too little edited, since it consists of a series of essays and reprinted speeches which overlap a great deal in subject matter. The presentation would have been much improved by the inclusion of at least one map of the territories mentioned, perhaps with the line of the advancing frontier marked by decade. The premise of the work, that the availability of cheap or free land on the frontier, and the character traits formed by its exploitation, were essential in forming the type of democracy enjoyed by America, is so generally cited and accepted that it has become part of the mental furniture of many educated Americans, even if they have never read a word of the original. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: The frontier has always been a quintessential part of what makes America unique, and according to renowned historian Frederick Jackson Turner, it did more than stoke the imaginations of early pioneersâ??it actually helped to shape American democracy and institutions. This engaging volume explains and expands on Turner's Frontier Thesis, one of the most significant concepts in the study of American history. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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