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"The Significance of the Frontier in American History", and Other Essays

By: Frederick Turner,John Mack Faragher

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Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner

"The Significance of the Frontier in American History", and Other Essays

By: Frederick Turner,John Mack Faragher

In 1893 a young Frederick Jackson Turner stood before the American Historical Association and delivered his famous frontier thesis. To a less than enthusiastic audience, he argued that "the existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development"; that this frontier accounted for American democracy and character; and that the frontier had closed forever with uncertain consequences for the American future. Despite the indifference of Turner's first audience, his essay would soon prove to be the single most influential piece of writing on American history, with extraordinary impact both in intellectual circles and in popular literature. Within a few years his views had become the dominant interpretation of the American past. A collection of his essays won the Pulitzer Prize, and for almost half a century, Turner's thesis was the most familiar model taught in schools, extolled by politicians, and screened in fictional form at local movie theaters each Saturday afternoon. Now, a hundred years after Turner's famous address, award-winning biographer John Mack Faragher collects and introduces the pioneer historian's ten most significant essays. Remarkable for their truly modern sense that a debate about the past is simultaneously a debate about the present, these essays remain stimulating reading, both as a road map to the early-twentieth-century American mind and as a model of committed scholarship. Faragher introduces us to Turner's work with a look at his role as a public intellectual and his effect on Americans' understanding of their national character. In the afterword, Faragher turns to the recent heated debate over Turner's legacy. Western history has reemerged in the news as historians argue over Turner's place in our current mind-set. In a world of dizzying intellectual change, it may come as something of a surprise that historians have taken so long to overturn the interpretation of a century-old conference paper. But while some claim that Turner's vision of the American West as a great egalitarian land of opportunity was long ago dismissed, others, in the words of historian Donald Worster, maintain that Turner still "presides over western history like a Holy Ghost.". Against this backdrop, Faragher looks at what the concept of the West means to us today and provides a reader's guide to the provocative new literature of the American frontier. Rereading these essays in the fresh light of Faragher's analysis brings new appreciation for the richness of Turner's work and an understanding of contemporary historians' admiration for Turner's commitment to the study of what it has meant to be American.

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Yale University Press

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0300075936

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9780300075939

Epic

Form, Content, and History

By: Frederick Turner

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Epic

Form, Content, and History

By: Frederick Turner

Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action. Epic illustrates that these ingredients of epic storytelling are universal cultural elements, in existence across multiple remote geographical locations, historical eras, ethnic and linguistic groups, and levels of technological and economic development. Frederick Turner argues that epic, despite being scoffed at and neglected for over sixty years, is the most fundamental and important of all literary forms and thereby deserves serious critical attention. It is the source and originof all other literature, the frame within which any story is possible. The mission of this book is to repair gaps in the literary understanding of epic studies—and offer permission to future epic writers and composers. The cultural genres of Marvel Comics, gothic, anime, manga, multi-user dungeon gaming, and superhero movies reprise all the epic themes and motifs. Consider The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Lost, The Matrix, Superman, Harry Potter, and Narnia. Here can be found the epic beast-man, the miraculous birth of the hero, the creation myth, the founding of the city, the quest journey, the descent into the land of the dead, the monsters, and the trickster. This book will be of interest to all readers fascinated by folklore, oral tradition, religious studies, anthropology, mythology, and enthusiastic about literature in general.

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387

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Routledge

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1351296825

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9781351296823

Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

By: Frederick Jackson Turner

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Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

By: Frederick Jackson Turner

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.

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Now and Then Reader LLC

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1937853101

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9781937853105

Redemption

By: Frederick W. Turner

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Redemption

By: Frederick W. Turner

Once a member of New Orleans regular police force, Francis Muldoon now works for the District's vice-lord. His job is to see that the District's volatile mix of sex, alcohol, and gambling doesn't boil over but instead rolls along at a continuous simmer. He patrols his patron's honkytonks, saloons and whorehouses, both the high priced bordellos and the coffinlike cribs where the girls work with only a cot and a washbasin. But, when drawn into a contentious rivalry over the affections of Adele, a beautiful singer, a fatal shoot-out is the inevitable conclusion sending the District into a scalding eruption and leaving him to restore the integrity of his soul.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0151014701

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9780151014705

Latter Days

By: Frederick Turner

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Latter Days

By: Frederick Turner

Latter Days tells a story about the meaning of a human life in the strange new world that is emerging today. After an initial sonnet that presents the existential challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, it opens with "The Wanderer," a view of the world from the perspective of an aging world traveler seeking a summation of his more than seventy years of wayfaring. It continues with "In a Plague Season," a collection of poetic notes on the pandemic and its parallel to the changing climate of the earth. The next section, "A House Divided," extends the plague metaphor to the current state of political warfare, and the following sequence, "Toxic Manhood," examines the idea of maleness as a contested site at the center of the current struggle, suggesting an apocalyptic picture of a world in which the fertile union of sexuality has become obsolete. The next section, "Ars Poetica," is a turning point where the art of poetry, together with the other arts, especially music, is enlisted in a process of healing and recuperation. Poetry's economy and wit are called in by the next section, "Oeconomics," to outline a modestly contrarian political philosophy that might provide the basis for a cure. Three sections follow-"Observations," "You Know Who You Are," and "Valentines"-that recover poetry's sensory grasp of the world, turn to human affection as a foundation of renewed health, and celebrate a long marriage. The final section, "Second Childhood," prepares the wanderer for the conclusion of his long search for meaning.

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1736656139

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9781736656136

April Wind, and Other Poems

By: Frederick Turner

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April Wind, and Other Poems

By: Frederick Turner

Poems explore ideas, feelings, and themes on the nature and experience of beauty

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127

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University of Virginia Press

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0813913586

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9780813913582

John Muir

Rediscovering America

By: Frederick Turner

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John Muir

Rediscovering America

By: Frederick Turner

In his stirring biography, Frederick Turner, the distinguished writer and cultural historian, captures the legendary scale of the life of an American icon. Immigrant, inventor, botanist, and founder of the conservation movement, John Muir (1838-1914) truly led those of his time-and now ours-to rediscover the natural beauty of this land. From his harsh childhood in Scotland and on a Wisconsin pioneer farm, to his rugged, solitary explorations all over America and especially in the Sierras, to his passionate battle, in person and in his writings, to save and celebrate our wilderness, Muir was a heroic figure. Turner's biography is every bit as monumental and inspiring as its subject.

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448

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Da Capo Press

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0738203750

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9780738203751

The New World

By: Frederick W. Turner

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The New World

By: Frederick W. Turner

Set four hundred years in the future, Frederick Turner's epic poem, The New World, celebrates American culture in A.D. 2376. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400854644

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9781400854646

Heterocyclic Derivatives of Phosphorous, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth, Volume 1

By: Frederick G. Mann,Arnold Weissberger

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Heterocyclic Derivatives of Phosphorous, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth, Volume 1

By: Frederick G. Mann,Arnold Weissberger

The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, since its inception, has been recognized as a cornerstone of heterocyclic chemistry. Each volume attempts to discuss all aspects – properties, synthesis, reactions, physiological and industrial significance – of a specific ring system. To keep the series up-to-date, supplementary volumes covering the recent literature on each individual ring system have been published. Many ring systems (such as pyridines and oxazoles) are treated in distinct books, each consisting of separate volumes or parts dealing with different individual topics. With all authors are recognized authorities, the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Chemistry is considered worldwide as the indispensable resource for organic, bioorganic, and medicinal chemists.

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743

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470188006

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9780470188002

Working the Diaspora

The Impact of African Labor on the Anglo-American World, 1650-1850

By: Frederick C. Knight

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Working the Diaspora

The Impact of African Labor on the Anglo-American World, 1650-1850

By: Frederick C. Knight

From the sixteenth to early-nineteenth century, four times more Africans than Europeans crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. While this forced migration stripped slaves of their liberty, it failed to destroy many of their cultural practices, which came with Africans to the New World. In Working the Diaspora, Frederick Knight examines work cultures on both sides of the Atlantic, from West and West Central Africa to British North America and the Caribbean. Knight demonstrates that the knowledge that Africans carried across the Atlantic shaped Anglo-American agricultural development and made particularly important contributions to cotton, indigo, tobacco, and staple food cultivation. The book also compellingly argues that the work experience of slaves shaped their views of the natural world. Broad in scope, clearly written, and at the center of current scholarly debates, Working the Diaspora challenges readers to alter their conceptual frameworks about Africans by looking at them as workers who, through the course of the Atlantic slave trade and plantation labor, shaped the development of the Americas in significant ways.

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NYU Press

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0814763693

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9780814763698

Atlanta Rising

The Invention of an International City 1946-1996

By: Frederick Allen

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Atlanta Rising

The Invention of an International City 1946-1996

By: Frederick Allen

For visitors and recent arrivals, Atlanta Rising, will serve as the essential primer on the ins and outs of the South's capital city. For natives, the book offers up a rich menu of surprising new facts and fresh insights about their own hometown.

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461661676

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9781461661672

Concepts and Case Studies in Threat Management

By: Frederick S. Calhoun,Stephen W. Weston J.D.

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Concepts and Case Studies in Threat Management

By: Frederick S. Calhoun,Stephen W. Weston J.D.

Professionalization has come to the field of threat management. It has developed a systematic theory unique to the field, recognized authorities have emerged, and it is finding its own ethical code of conduct. It is also beginning to grow its own culture, complete with a vocabulary of its own. Although the field has a way to go, it is well along th

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CRC Press

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1439892180

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9781439892183

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner

"The Significance of the Frontier in American History", and Other Essays

By: Frederick Turner,John Mack Faragher

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"The Significance of the Frontier in American History", and Other Essays

By: Frederick Turner,John Mack Faragher

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0300075936

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The Mission: or, Scenes in Africa: Written for Young People

Vol. I

By: Frederick Marryat

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The Mission: or, Scenes in Africa: Written for Young People

Vol. I

By: Frederick Marryat

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368874977

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9783368874971

Six-Guns and Saddle Leather

A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen

By: Ramon Frederick Adams

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Six-Guns and Saddle Leather

A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen

By: Ramon Frederick Adams

Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries, taken from newspapers, court records, and more.

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0486400352

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9780486400358

Book's by Frederick Turner

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner

Epic

Epic

Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

Redemption

Redemption

Latter Days

Latter Days

April Wind, and Other Poems

April Wind, and Other Poems

John Muir

John Muir

The New World

The New World

Heterocyclic Derivatives of Phosphorous, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth, Volume 1

Heterocyclic Derivatives of Phosphorous, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth, Volume 1

Working the Diaspora

Working the Diaspora

Atlanta Rising

Atlanta Rising

Concepts and Case Studies in Threat Management

Concepts and Case Studies in Threat Management

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner

The Mission: or, Scenes in Africa: Written for Young People

The Mission: or, Scenes in Africa: Written for Young People

Six-Guns and Saddle Leather

Six-Guns and Saddle Leather

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