Characteristics of the Western Frontier
"The Long Drive became majestic in its proportions. In the nineteen years from 1866 to 1884 over five million cattle were driven north from Texas. It also grew important in its social and political...
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It appears that Anderson and Phillips agree in principle with regard to the Quakers. Not having read "The Cousins Wars", I was just curious as to whether they match up according to the time line....
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In Dick's opinion, the frontier holds the key to understanding American history.That's what the man wrote, but the more I have thought about it, I don't think any one aspect of American history can be...
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The east had frontiers at one time, too. The following is taken from an article written in August, 1961 by Mabel Bauman, sister of Samuel Henry Bauman (my great grandfather). In this account, Mabel...
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At the time of the French and Indian War, Pittsburgh was considered a frontier military outpost. Of course, there was not yet a United States of America in the 1750's, but the fact that it was a major...
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pbassnote wrote:At the time of the French and Indian War, Pittsburgh was considered a frontier military outpost. Of course, there was not yet a United States of America in the 1750's, but the fact...
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I really, really, do not like copying and pasting a lot of text, for a couple of different reasons: First, it brushes up against the copyright laws and makes them quiver in response. Second, I feel...
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Jack, Thanks for including Dr. Fischer's thesis. It does explain some things (like, for instance, why we Americans are still basically so "English" in custom and law). But like any good thesis, it...
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The initial settlements considered themselves British, and subject to the British Monarchy. That didn't change until the 1770's, and only then because Parliament decided to interfere in the...
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We are mixed in our origins, and yet we are one people. Our society is dynamic, changing profoundly in every period of American historyIt seems that these two statements would have been hotly debated...
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JackPoynter wrote:The initial settlements considered themselves British, and subject to the British Monarchy. That didn't change until the 1770's, and only then because Parliament decided to...
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Thanks, Bob. While I personally like the "monkey's uncle" thread better, all support is welcome. As is useful criticism. While the Turner thesis may have been rejected, I still think there is...
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Flattop wrote:Again, I don't know about "the", but I do agree that origins are important. From origins we get the foundation, but the foundation is not the house.Flowery and sounding as if it...
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your course instructor is using Dick's work, which was published in 1941.This, actually, doesn't have anything to do with my schooling. I picked the book as part of my own personal reading. I have...
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EditorASC wrote: Flattop wrote: Again, I don't know about "the", but I do agree that origins are important. From origins we get the foundation, but the foundation is not the house.Flowery and...
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This dicussion reminds me of one we had a year ago when I was just returning to school and was studying theories of human development. Specifically, there was the question of whether we as...
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What I posted was a summary of his final chapter. I imagine that his conclusions were based on the information in the previous chapters. Btw, here are some excerpts from Dick's preface to The Story...
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I came across this the other day, written by British war historian Sir Michael Howard: [America's oft noted] optimistic ecumenicism [the basis for peace and disarmament movements,] was largely limited...
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Your wish is my command:Typical British/Northern self-promoting unsupported drivel.
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[Many in the military] constituted something closely related: the great southern military tradition that had produced the gleaming officer corps of the Confederacy, without which the nation would not...
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