By Subject > American History, Americana > General > 12 > The Frontier in American History The Frontier in American History Author: Frederick Jackson Turner Retail Price: £11.95 VAT: Includes VAT Availability: David & Charles Special Order Format: Book Pages: 348 ISBN: 0486291677 EAN: 978-0486-29167-3 UPC: 800759291670 One of the most influential and important books written about the impact of frontier life on a transplanted civilization. Present volume, reprinted from original 1920 edition, lucidly reflects Jackson's thoughts on the frontier's role in promoting self-reliance, independence, democracy, immigration and westward expansion. A classic for students and teachers of American history and general readers interested in the many fascinating aspects of American expansion. Ready to Buy? Add this to your basket (you can always remove it later.) Shopping here is Guaranteed Safe! Here's a sample of other Dover titles that may interest your customers. Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest by John Logan Allen How Lewis and Clark's epic journey of 1804-06 and their charting of the American Northwest dramatically revised generally held concepts of the area's geography. 45 maps. read more £13.95 The American West in the Nineteenth Century: 255 Illustrations from "Harper’s Weekly" and Other Contemporary Sources by John Grafton Compelling pictorial history: hunting, mining, railroading, cowboys and cattle, army life and Indian wars, much more. read more £13.95