Foreword
Preface
A Note for Students
PART I. INTRODUCTION
The Frontier and American Exceptionalism
Frederick Jackson Turner and the Frontier
Historians and the Turner Thesis
PART II. SOME CURRENT QUESTIONS
1. How was the idea of the "frontier" born?
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History
2. How has the idea of the frontier shaped our imagination?
Richard White, When Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill Cody Both Played Chicago in 1893
3. Whose frontier is it?
Glenda Riley, Frederick Jackson Turner Overlooked the Ladies
4. Is the frontier idea still valid for the twenty-first century?
Martin Ridge, The Life of an Idea: The Significance of Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis
5. Will region replace frontier?
Donald Worster, New West, True West: Interpreting the Region's History
6. How should we interpret the frontier/West?
Patricia Nelson Limerick, Michael P. Malone, Gerald Thompson, and Elliott West, Western History: Why the Past May Be Changing
Making Connections
Suggestions for Further Reading