Ray Allen Billington
Ray Allen Billington
Ray Allen Billington (September 28, 1903 in Bay City, Michigan - March 7, 1981 in San Marino, California) was an American historian who researched the history of the American frontier and the American West, becoming one of the leading defenders of Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis" from the 1950s to the 1970s,[1][2] expanding the field of the history of the American West. He was a co-founder of the Western History Association in 1961.[3]
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Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy
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The historian's contribution to Anglo-American misunderstanding
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Limericks Historical and Hysterical
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America's Frontier Culture
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Westward expansion
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America's Frontier Heritage (Histories of the American Frontier)
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Westward expansion
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Limericks, historical and hysterical
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American history after 1865
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Land of savagery, land of promise
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Westward to the Pacific
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America's frontier culture ; three essays
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The frontier thesis
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American History before 1877 with Questions and Answers (Helix Book)
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America's frontier heritage.
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The origins of nativism in the United States, 1800-1844
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America's frontier heritage
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People of the plains and mountains
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Frederick Jackson Turner: historian, scholar, teacher
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People of the Plains and Mountains
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The Genesis of the Frontier Thesis: A Study in Historical Creativity
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The American frontier thesis: attack and defense
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The genesis of the frontier thesis
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Founding of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy
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The historian's contribution to Anglo-American misunderstanding
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Limericks Historical and Hysterical
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America's Frontier Culture
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Westward expansion
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America's Frontier Heritage (Histories of the American Frontier)
- Open Work
Westward expansion
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Limericks, historical and hysterical
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American history after 1865
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Land of savagery, land of promise
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Westward to the Pacific
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America's frontier culture ; three essays
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The frontier thesis
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American History before 1877 with Questions and Answers (Helix Book)
- Open Work
America's frontier heritage.
- Open Work
The origins of nativism in the United States, 1800-1844
- Open Work
America's frontier heritage
- Open Work
People of the plains and mountains
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Frederick Jackson Turner: historian, scholar, teacher
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People of the Plains and Mountains
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The Genesis of the Frontier Thesis: A Study in Historical Creativity
- Open Work
The American frontier thesis: attack and defense
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The genesis of the frontier thesis
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Founding of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery