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Title:

Does the frontier experience make America exceptional? : readings / selected and introduced by Richard W. Etulain.

Publisher:

Bedford/St. Martin's,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xii, 132 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Frontier thesis.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States--Historiography.
Regionalism--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--Historiography.

Other Authors:

Etulain, Richard W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132).

Contents:

Western history : why the past may be changing / The significance of the frontier in American history / Patricia Nelson Limerick ... [et al.]. How has the idea of the frontier shaped our imagination? : When Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill Cody both played Chicago in 1893 / Richard White -- Whose frontier is it? : Frederick Jackson Turner overlooked the ladies / Glenda Riley -- Is the frontier idea still valid for the twenty-first century? : The life of an idea : the significance of Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis / Martin Ridge -- Will region replace frontier? : New West, true West : interpreting the region's history / Donald Worster -- How should we interpret the frontier/West? : Western history : why the past may be changing / Patricia Nelson Limerick ... [et al.].

Series:

Historians at work

ISBN:

9780312183097 (pbk.)
0312183097 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41950758

LCCN:

98083251

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)