Frederic L. Paxson

The Last American Frontier (Summarized Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

Enriched edition. A Pulitzer Prize historian's view of Western expansion, Native nations, and the conflicts that transformed the American West
Kommentar: Mason, Eric / Redaktion: Quickie Classics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Last American Frontier charts the transformation of the trans-Mississippi West from contested borderlands to an integrated national region. In lucid prose, Paxson follows gold rushes, the cattle kingdom, homesteading, railroads, and army posts, interweaving land policy, speculative capital, and aridity to explain settlement's tempo and violence. Written under the sway of the Turner thesis, it fuses social, political, and economic history into an interpretive arc. Frederic L. Paxson, a leading historian of the American West and student of Frederick Jackson Turner, brought Progressive-era concerns with institutions, markets, and democracy to frontier studies. Trained at Wisconsin and a Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, he mined government reports, travel narratives, and newspapers. His focus on transportation networks and federal policy foregrounds railroads, land laws, and the army as engines of incorporation and conflict. Readers seeking a foundational synthesis of the West's nineteenth century will find this study indispensable. Pair it with recent Indigenous-centered scholarship to balance perspectives, and trace how policy, environment, and capital converged on plains and mountains. Clear and integrative, The Last American Frontier rewards students and general readers who want to see how an earlier generation framed the closing of the frontier-and why that framing endures. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quickie Classics
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 8596547879084
• Artikelnr.: 76338515

Autorenporträt

Frederic Logan Paxson (1877-1948) was a distinguished American historian and writer whose scholarship primarily focused on the history of the American frontier. Earning his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1903, Paxson went on to serve as a professor at several institutions, including the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he significantly influenced the study of American history through both his teaching and written works. His seminal work, 'The Last American Frontier' (1910), is a comprehensive account that traces the dynamic transformation of the American wilderness into settled communities and is often cited by historians and scholars as a paramount text in the exploration of frontier life and its impact on American identity. Paxson's narrative intertwines the geographical, social, and economic threads that defined the frontier experience, illuminating the complexities of frontier expansion and the interplay between the environment and human endeavors. His literary approach is characterized by scholarly gravitas, engaging prose, and scrupulous historical analysis, earning him the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1924 for his book 'History of the American Frontier'. Paxson's contributions have had a lasting impact on the interpretation of American history, prompting critical examinations of the ideas of progress and the legacy of pioneering spirit.