[PDF] Historical Dictionary Of The American Frontier eBook

Author : Jay H. Buckley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1442249595

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The Historical Dictionary of the American Frontier covers early Euro-American exploration and development of frontiers in North America but not only the lands that would eventually be incorporated into the Unites States it also includes the multiple North American frontiers explored by Spain, France, Russia, England, and others. The focus is upon Euro-American activities in frontier exploration and development, but the roles of indigenous peoples in these processes is highlighted throughout. The history of this period is covered through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on explorers, adventurers, traders, religious orders, developers, and indigenous peoples. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the development of the American frontier.

Author : Winfred Blevins
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 21,85 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780816028580

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Defines terms that have their origin in American frontier history

Author : Frederic Logan Paxson
Publisher : New York, Houghton Mifflin
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 10,88 MB
Release : 1924
Category : History
ISBN :

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1925, Paxson was the first American historian presenting the War of Independence from both American as well as British points of view.

Author : William Pencak
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 15,61 MB
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0810855879

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The years between 1450 and 1550 marked the end of one era in world history and the beginning of another. Most importantly, the focus of global commerce and power shifted from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, largely because of the discovery ofthe New World. The New World was more than a geographic novelty. It opened the way for new human possibilities, possibilities that were first fulfilled by the British colonies of North America, nearly 100 years after Columbus landed in the Bahamas. TheHistorical Dictionary of Colonial America covers America's history from the first settlements to the end and immediate aftermath of the French and Indian War. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the various colonies, which were founded and how they became those which declared independence. Religious, political, economic, and family life; important people; warfare; and relations between British, French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies are also among the topics covered. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Colonial America.

Author : Joseph Norman Heard
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810819313

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A first reference that provides insights into both sides of Indian-white relations. Volume I covers events in the Southeastern Woodlands. Subsequent volumes will cover the Northeastern Woodlands, the Great Plains, and the Far West. Heard approaches h

Author : Robert W. Richmond
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 33,99 MB
Release : 1966-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803251571

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Facets of the pioneer experience on the changing American frontier from the Revolution to 1900.

Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 12,18 MB
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 014196331X

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This hugely influential work marked a turning point in US history and culture, arguing that the nation’s expansion into the Great West was directly linked to its unique spirit: a rugged individualism forged at the juncture between civilization and wilderness, which – for better or worse – lies at the heart of American identity today. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0486131165

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This 1893 survey ranks among the most important books about the impact of frontier life on U.S. society. It examines the frontier's role in promoting self-reliance, independence, democracy, immigration, and westward expansion.

Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 16,30 MB
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781330796009

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Excerpt from The Frontier in American History In republishing these essays in collected form, it has seemed best to issue them as they were originally printed, with the exception of few slight corrections of slips in the text and with the omission of occasional duplication of language in the different essays. A considerable part of whatever value they may posses arises from the fact that they are commentaries in different periods on the central theme of the influence of the frontier in American history. Consequently they may have some historical significance as contemporaneous attempts of a student of American history, at successive transitions in our development during the past quarter century to interpret the relations of the present to the past. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the various societies and periodicals which have given permission to reprint the essays. Various essays dealing with the connection of diplomatic history and the frontier and others stressing the significance of the section, or geographic province, in American history, are not included in the present collection. Neither the French nor the Spanish frontier is within the scope of the volume. The future alone can disclose how far these interpretations are correct for the age of colonization of the frontier and free land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.