Frederick Jackson Turner
Wisconsin’s Historian of the Frontier
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Martin Ridge | ISBN: | 9780870207792 |
| Publisher: | Wisconsin Historical Society Press | Publication: | February 26, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wisconsin Historical Society Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martin Ridge |
| ISBN: | 9780870207792 |
| Publisher: | Wisconsin Historical Society Press |
| Publication: | February 26, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wisconsin Historical Society Press |
| Language: | English |
This book contains four essays by and about Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932), the Wisconsin-born historian whose ideas and writings have had such a profound impact upon the way Americans view their past, and their place in the world. It is a book not only for the scholar and teacher (who will find it both useful and incisive), but also for the mythic "general reader" who wants to broaden and enrich his aquaintanceship with Turner and the celebrated Frontier Thesis. In addition to essays by Turner and by Martin Ridge of The Huntington Library and the late Ray Allen Billington, the book is illustrated with photos from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
This book contains four essays by and about Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932), the Wisconsin-born historian whose ideas and writings have had such a profound impact upon the way Americans view their past, and their place in the world. It is a book not only for the scholar and teacher (who will find it both useful and incisive), but also for the mythic "general reader" who wants to broaden and enrich his aquaintanceship with Turner and the celebrated Frontier Thesis. In addition to essays by Turner and by Martin Ridge of The Huntington Library and the late Ray Allen Billington, the book is illustrated with photos from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
