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Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier, by Ray Allen Billington, with
the collaboration of James Blaine Hedges (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company,
1949, Fourth Edition, 1974, 840 pp., maps, tables, bibliography, index.)
As the preface to the first edition states, Westward Expansion attempts to follow
the pattern that Frederick Jackson Turner might have used had he ever compressed his
researches on the American frontier within one volume. Dr. Billington makes no pretense
of original scholarship except in limited instances. Instead a synthesis of the voluminous
writings inspired by Turner\\\'s original essays is presented. In that respect, the book is
highly successful. Dr. Billington masterfully weaves these monographs, essays, texts, and
learned journals, into a readable yet pedantic overview of the history of the American
West.
Subsequent editions incorporate and appraise the newer viewpoints on the frontier
advanced from the date of original publication in 1949 through 1981, the year of Dr.
Billington\\\'s death. The fifth and final edition was published in 1982. Textual revisions
from the fourth to the fifth edition were slight. Certain changes were made to rid the text
of sexism, as masculine nouns and pronouns gave way to neutral words. Thus,
\\\"frontiersmen\\\" became \\\"pioneers\\\" or \\\"Westerners.\\\"
All editions share an outstanding bibliography. The fourth edition bibliography is
nearly 150 pages long. As in previous editions, Dr. Billington followed the practice of
briefly summarizing each new entry, suggesting its significance in the historiography of the
frontier. The book also provides a variety of maps and charts to aptly exemplify points.
Dr. Billington was a professor of history and senior research associate of the
Henry E. Huntington...
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