Turner, Frederick Jackson 1861-1932

Overview

Works:	535 works in 1,490 publications in 4 languages and 38,138 library holdings
Genres:	History Bibliography Bibliographies Records and correspondence Biography Portraits Sources
Roles:	Author, Editor, Composer, Contributor, Other, Correspondent
Classifications:	E179.5, 973

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Frederick Jackson Turner

The frontier in American culture : an exhibition at the Newberry Library, August 26, 1994 - January 7, 1995 by Richard White( )
The progressive historians: Turner, Beard, Parrington by Richard Hofstadter( Book )
Frederick Jackson Turner: historian, scholar, teacher by Ray Allen Billington( Book )
Frederick Jackson Turner : strange roads going down by Allan G Bogue( )
Turner and Beard; American historical writing reconsidered by Lee Benson( Book )

Turner, Bolton, and Webb; three historians of the American frontier by Wilbur R Jacobs( Book )
Turner and the sociology of the frontier by Richard Hofstadter( Book )
Frederick Jackson Turner by James D Bennett( Book )
Sources of culture in the Middle West; backgrounds versus frontier by Dixon Ryan Fox( Book )
The early writings of Frederick Jackson Turner : with a list of all his works by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )
The genesis of the frontier thesis : a study in historical creativity by Ray Allen Billington( Book )
On Turner's trail : 100 years of writing western history by Wilbur R Jacobs( Book )
"Dear Lady": the letters of Frederick Jackson Turner and Alice Forbes Perkins Hooper, 1910-1932 by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )
Wisconsin witness to Frederick Jackson Turner : a collection of essays on the historian and the thesis by State Historical Society of Wisconsin( Book )
Frederick Jackson Turner : a reference guide by Vernon E Mattson( Book )
Essays in American history, dedicated to Frederick Jackson Turner by Guy Stanton Ford( Book )
The eloquence of Frederick Jackson Turner by Ronald H Carpenter( Book )
Beyond the frontier : the midwestern voice in American historical writing by David S Brown( Book )
Billy Sunday : a novel by Rod Jones( Book )
Frederick Jackson Turner : Wisconsin's historian of the frontier( Book )

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Most widely held works by Frederick Jackson Turner

The frontier in American history by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

222 editions published between 1920 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 4,108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of studies presenting a view of American expansion and the significance of the frontier in shaping American character, ideals, and democracy

The significance of the frontier in American history by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

106 editions published between 1893 and 2014 in English and Spanish and held by 1,893 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Turner began by noting that as of 1890 there was no longer anything which could be described as a line of frontier, and then proposed an evaluation of the influence this frontier had exerted on American society and personality

Rise of the new West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

30 editions published between 1906 and 1968 in English and held by 1,728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The United States, 1830-1850; the nation and its sections by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

32 editions published between 1935 and 1965 in English and held by 1,530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For other editions, see Author Catalog

The significance of sections in American history by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

24 editions published between 1932 and 1959 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner : the significance of the frontier in American history, and other essays by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

15 editions published between 1993 and 1999 in English and held by 1,057 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1893 a young Frederick Jackson Turner stood before the American Historical Association and delivered his famous frontier thesis. To a less than enthusiastic audience, he argued that "the existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development"; that this frontier accounted for American democracy and character; and that the frontier had closed forever with uncertain consequences for the American future. Despite the indifference of Turner's first audience, his essay would soon prove to be the single most influential piece of writing on American history, with extraordinary impact both in intellectual circles and in popular literature. Within a few years his views had become the dominant interpretation of the American past. A collection of his essays won the Pulitzer Prize, and for almost half a century, Turner's thesis was the most familiar model taught in schools, extolled by politicians, and screened in fictional form at local movie theaters each Saturday afternoon. Now, a hundred years after Turner's famous address, award-winning biographer John Mack Faragher collects and introduces the pioneer historian's ten most significant essays. Remarkable for their truly modern sense that a debate about the past is simultaneously a debate about the present, these essays remain stimulating reading, both as a road map to the early-twentieth-century American mind and as a model of committed scholarship. Faragher introduces us to Turner's work with a look at his role as a public intellectual and his effect on Americans' understanding of their national character. In the afterword, Faragher turns to the recent heated debate over Turner's legacy. Western history has reemerged in the news as historians argue over Turner's place in our current mind-set. In a world of dizzying intellectual change, it may come as something of a surprise that historians have taken so long to overturn the interpretation of a century-old conference paper. But while some claim that Turner's vision of the American West as a great egalitarian land of opportunity was long ago dismissed, others, in the words of historian Donald Worster, maintain that Turner still "presides over western history like a Holy Ghost.". Against this backdrop, Faragher looks at what the concept of the West means to us today and provides a reader's guide to the provocative new literature of the American frontier. Rereading these essays in the fresh light of Faragher's analysis brings new appreciation for the richness of Turner's work and an understanding of contemporary historians' admiration for Turner's commitment to the study of what it has meant to be American

Frontier and section by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

22 editions published between 1961 and 1964 in English and held by 970 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The historical world of Frederick Jackson Turner, with selections from his correspondence by Wilbur R Jacobs( Book )

8 editions published between 1968 and 1979 in English and held by 886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History, frontier, and section : three essays by Frederick Jackson Turner( )

8 editions published in 1993 in English and Spanish and held by 728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frederick Jackson Turner's legacy; unpublished writings in American history by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

13 editions published between 1965 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 691 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Guide to the study and reading of American history by Edward Channing( Book )

15 editions published between 1896 and 1926 in English and held by 581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

List of references on the history of the West by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

25 editions published between 1912 and 2014 in English and held by 458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biographical note: MerkFrederick: Frederick Merk was Gurney Professor of American History, Harvard University

The character and influence of the Indian trade in Wisconsin : a study of the trading post as an institution by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

11 editions published between 1891 and 1977 in English and held by 355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The character and influence of the Indian trade in Wisconsin : a study of the trading post as an institution by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

19 editions published between 1886 and 1970 in English and held by 340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reuben Gold Thwaites : a memorial address by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

8 editions published between 1914 and 1991 in English and held by 320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rise of the new West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

18 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The History of the American West Collection is a unique project that provides opportunities for researchers and new readers to easily access and explore works which have previously only been available on library shelves. The Collection brings to life pre-1923 titles focusing on a wide range of topics and experiences in US Western history. From the initial westward migration, to exploration and development of the American West to daily life in the West and intimate pictures of the people who inhabited it, this collection offers American West enthusiasts a new glimpse at some forgotten treasures of American culture. Encompassing genres such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, tourist guides, biographies and drama, this collection provides a new window to the legend and realities of the American West

Does the frontier experience make America exceptional? by Richard W Etulain( Book )

2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents nine readings in which historians examine the significance of the frontier experience in America, each with a headnote that introduces the subject and its author, and a selection of study guides

Essays in American history, dedicated to Frederick Jackson Turner by Guy Stanton Ford( Book )

16 editions published between 1910 and 1992 in English and held by 283 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

America's great frontiers and sections by Frederick Jackson Turner( Book )

11 editions published between 1965 and 1969 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Moving frontiers; an American theme and its application to Australian history by Fred Alexander( Book )

3 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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