History 394: Reserve Readings for Frontier Thesis Assignment
Read ONE CHAPTER from ANY of the following for the assignment on
the frontier thesis.
- James Brooks, Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
- Joanna Stratton, Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
- Patricia Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
- Richard Etulain, Does the Frontier Make America Exceptional?
- Marc Reisner, Cadillac Desert
- Robert Utley, The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890
Then, prepare the paper assignment according to the instructions given on
the syllabus, and come prepared to orally discuss your paper in class with
our guest speaker Frederick Jackson Turner.