The Frontier in American History

The Frontier in American History (1921)
by Frederick Jackson Turner

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A few typographical errors have been corrected. . . the original has the words "co[=m]ander" and "su[=m]e". [=m] represents the letter m with a macron. It is a shortcut indicating that the word should have two m's in succession. . . Ellipses are represented as in the original. . . Spelling and punctuation errors in quoted material have been left as in the original.

For a full list of typographical errors, all of which are minor, see Gutenberg version of this text.

"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" is a seminal essay by the American historian Frederick Jackson Turner which advanced the so-called Frontier Thesis of American history. It was incorporated into Turner's 1921 book, The Frontier in American History, as Chapter I.

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THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY

BY

FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1921

Copyright, 1920
By
FREDERICK J. TURNER

TO
CAROLINE M. TURNER
MY WIFE

CHAPTER

Preface
Chapter I: The Significance of the Frontier in American History
Chapter II: The First Official Frontier of the Massachusetts Bay
Chapter III: The Old West
Chapter IV: The Middle West
Chapter V: The Ohio Valley in American History
Chapter VI: The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History
Chapter VII: The Problem of the West
Chapter VIII: Dominant Forces in Western Life
Chapter IX: Contributions of the West to American Democracy
Chapter X: Pioneer Ideals and the State University
Chapter XI: The West and American Ideals
Chapter XII: Social Forces in American History
Chapter XIII: Middle Western Pioneer Democracy

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1920, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1932, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 91 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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