TY - BOOK AU - Billington,Ray Allen AU - Ridge,Martin TI - America's frontier heritage SN - 0826314635 AV - 002 E 179.5 B598a 1974 U1 - 973 PY - 1974/// CY - Albuquerque PB - University of New Mexico Press KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - United States KW - National characteristics, American KW - Vie des pionniers KW - Etats-Unis KW - Americains N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-302) and index; The history of a theory -- Why and how pioneers moved westward -- The frontier and the American character -- The frontier: cradle of barbarism or civilization -- The structure of frontier society -- Frontier democracy: political aspects -- Frontier democracy: social aspects -- The economic impact of the frontier -- The frontier and the migratory compulsion -- The frontier and American behavioral patterns -- The persistence of frontier traits ER -