Sources of culture in the Middle West
Subtitle: backgrounds versus frontier
By: edited by Dixon Ryan Fox.
Series: The Appleton-Century historical essays
Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company, incorporated
Published: 1934
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932.; Middle West -- History -- Philosophy.; Middle West -- Civilization.
Other titles: Culture in the Middle West.
Notes: Bibliography at end of each of the papers.
Three papers appraising F.J. Turner's historical theory relative to the influence of the frontier on American history, read at a special session of the 1933 annual meeting of the American historical asssociation. cf. "Editor's explanation."
Table of contents: title: Editor's explanation.; title: Political institutions and the frontier, by B.F. Wright.; title: The advance of civilization into the middle west in the period of settlement, by Avery Craven.; title: The development of civilization in the middle west, 1860-1900, by J.D. Hicks.; title: Remarks, by M.L. Hansen.