Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays

ISBN: 0300075936

Author: Turner, Frederick

Condition: New

The best assembly of Turners essays now available. Faraghers introductory and concluding commentaries add considerably to the import of the book.-Stephen Aron, University of California, Los AngelesStill ranks as the most influential piece of writing on American history.-Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer, A Notable Book of 1994Faraghers invaluable afterword . . . provides a judicious introduction to the issues that divide the revisionist New Western Historians from Turner and his disciples.-Michael Kammen, FanFareFrederick 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 Turners most significant essays, concluding with a comment on the recent debate over Turners legacy and his effect on Americans understanding of their national character.