The Turner Thesis and the Role of the Frontier in American History.

Pleasants, Julian

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Turner Thesis and the Role of the Frontier in American History.

Pleasants, Julian

OAH Magazine of History, v3 n2 p5-7 Spr 1988

Presents an overview of Turner's thesis that the migration westward produced a unique democratic tradition and a distinctive American character. Discusses Richard Hofstadter's and Ray Allen Bellington's reactions to this thesis. Notes the concepts of Bellington in support of Turner' thesis and those concepts of Hofstadter that oppose Turner's thesis. (KO)

Descriptors: Democratic Values, Geographic Distribution, Governmental Structure, Land Acquisition, Political Attitudes, Population Trends, Secondary Education, Self Determination, Social Science Research, Social Studies, Social Values, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Historical Materials

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