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Frederick Jackson Turner: historian, scholar, teacher
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- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
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- 623
- Edition
- 1
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- Library
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Contents: From boyhood to manhood, 1861-1884 -- The making of a historian : Wisconsin, 1884-1888 -- The making of a historian : John Hopkins, 1888-1889 -- Teaching : and the emerging frontier thesis, 1892-1893 -- The busy world of the professor, 1893-1901 -- Broadening historical horizons, 1893-1910 -- Popularizing the frontier thesis, 1893-1910 -- The genesis of the sectional concept, 1893-1910 -- Teacher and administrator, 1910-1910 -- Undergraduate teacher and reformer, 1901-1910 -- Leaving Wisconsin, 1905-1910 -- Harvard years : the academic world, 1910-1917 -- Harvard years : conflict, academic and international, 1915-1920 -- Harvard years : the world of scholarship, 1917-1924 -- The twilight years, 1924-1932 -- Frederick Jackson Turner : a portrait of the man -- The persistence of a theory : the frontier and sectional hypotheses -- The significance of Frederick Jackson Turner in American History.
β¦ Table of Contents
Frontmatter
I From Boyhood to Manhood, 1861-1884 (page 3)
II The Making of a Historian: Wisconsin, 1884-1888 (page 34)
III The Making of a Historian: Johns Hopkins, 1888-1889 (page 58)
IV Teaching - and the Emerging Frontier Thesis, 1889-1891 (page 82)
V The Genesis of the Frontier Thesis, 1891-1893 (page 108)
VI The Busy World of the Professor, 1893-1903 (page 132)
VII Broadening Historical Horizons, 1893-1910 (page 160)
VIII Popularizing the Frontier Thesis, 1893-1910 (page 184)
IX The Genesis of the Sectional Concept, 1893-1910 (page 209)
X Teacher and Administrator, 1901-1910 (page 233)
XI Undergraduate Teacher and Reformer, 1901-1910 (page 259)
XII Leaving Wisconsin, 1905-1910 (page 281)
XIII Harvard Years: The Academic World, 1910-1917 (page 308)
XIV Harvard Years: Conflict-Academic and International, 1915-1920 (page 337)
XV Harvard Years: The World of Scholarship, 1917-1924 (page 364)
XVI The Twilight Years, 1924-1932 (page 391)
XVII Frederick Jackson Turner: A Portrait of the Man (page 420)
XVIII The Persistence of a Theory: the Frontier and Sectional Hypotheses (page 444)
XIX The Significance of Frederick Jackson Turner in American History (page 472)
Notes (page 499)
Index (page 581)
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