 The peculiarity of American institutions is, the fact that they have been compelled to adapt themselves to the changes of an expanding people — to the changes involved in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and in developing at each area...  Proceedings [of The] Annual Business Meeting - Страница 58написао/ла State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1894Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | John Monnett - 1999 - 196 страница
...along the successive frontiers of this nation. Turner said: The peculiarity of American uwtitutioiu LI the fact that they have been compelled to adapt themselves to the changes of an expand inq people — to the changes involved in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and... | |
 | Rick Wallach - 2000 - 420 страница
...a coherent, integrated story, a creation story for America. So when Turner writes of America formed 'in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness,...of the frontier into the complexity of city life' ('The Significance of the Frontier' 8), the language signifies precise ideological readings of the... | |
 | Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, John Algeo, R. W. Burchfield - 1992 - 676 страница
...modifications, lit the vital forces that call these organs into life and shape them to meet changing conditions. The peculiarity of American institutions is the fact...of the frontier into the complexity of city life. Those forces include reflexes not only of the Age of Reason coupled with the idea of Progress, but... | |
 | Nicholas Gebhardt - 2001 - 256 страница
...further expansion beyond their shores, without undermining their unique institutions, resulted from the fact that they "have been compelled to adapt themselves...in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness. . . ,"77 In this way, the frontier was no longer just a geographic boundary denoting freedom, but the... | |
 | Carl G. Hempel - 2001 - 458 страница
...continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development. . . . The peculiarity of American institutions is the fact...been compelled to adapt themselves ... to the changes involved in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and in developing at each area of this progress,... | |
 | H.W. Brands - 2002 - 383 страница
...the congealing of a political system in which power begot privilege and privilege monopolized power. "The peculiarity of American institutions is the fact...economic and political conditions of the frontier, the complexity of city life." Where land was abundant and cheap, no one needed to kowtow to landlords... | |
 | Kim Emery - 2002 - 212 страница
...Historical Association, Frederick Jackson Turner identifies as "the peculiarity of American institutions ... the fact that they have been compelled to adapt themselves to the changes of an expanding people—to the changes involved in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and in developing... | |
 | Michael Jennings - 2004 - 200 страница
...Educational Institutions The peculiaritv of American institutions is, the fact that they have bcen compelled to adapt themselves to the changes of an...crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and in developmg at each area of this progress out of the primitive economic and political conditions of the... | |
 | Michael Jennings - 2004 - 200 страница
...individual's economic and social mobility in the society.'4 Worldview and Western Educational Institutions The peculiarity of American institutions is, the fact...adapt themselves to the changes of an expanding people — fo the changes involved in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and in developing at... | |
 | Michael J. Hogan, Thomas G. Paterson - 2004 - 386 страница
...ubiquity of historical themes considered special to the American case and refutes Turner's claim that the "peculiarity of American institutions is, the...to adapt themselves to the changes of an expanding people."35 This comparative discussion even makes the argument for an anti-Turner thesis: the hypothesis... | |
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