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Widely recognized as a classic of American historiography, The Frontier in American History examines the importance of the unsettled West as both idea and physical reality. Turner's essays explore the changing frontier as it moved progressively westward and discuss the contributions of the pioneers in each frontier area to the development of modern American democracy.

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Print Books History Paperback Nonfiction United States History History - Reference & Study United States History - General & Miscellaneous 19th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous Historiography United States History - General & Miscellaneous 19th Century American History - Westward Migration & Development - General United States Historiography General & Miscellaneous Historiography Frontier & Pioneer Life - Western United States United States->Territorial expansion->Historiography