Frontier Thesis, The

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Frontier Thesis, The

Entry/Object ID

L9999.999.381

Description

The Frontier Thesis has a subtitle of "Valid Interpretation of American History?" It includes addresses, essays and lectures by various persons. "Stand at Cumberland Gap and watch the procession of civilization...the buffalo following the trail to the salt springs, the Indian, the fur-trader and hunter, the cattle-raiser, the pioneer farmer." 122/Softbound

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Westerns, Settlements

Search Terms

19th Century American West, Frontier in American history, Democracy as a Product of the Frontier, Influence of the Frontier on American Character, Frontier and Pioneer Life, Western Migration, Expansion, Fur Trading, Indian Interaction

Book Details

Author

Billington, Ray Allen, Ed.

Place Published

City

Huntington

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1977

Call No.

Western BI

ISBN

0-88275-586-2

LCCN

77-9103

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair