The Frontier Theory in American Cultural Studies: From Frederick Jackson Turner to Richard Slotkin
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The frontier is a multifaceted, emotionally charged, and contested term in American socio-political discourse. It refers, first of all, to a line : it was the line which divided, throughout the period of westward expansion, the conquered parts of the country from those still free of white population. Over the 18th and 19th centuries, the frontier represented the outermost line of settlement, separating white civilization from the wilderness.
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[Footnote in address as reprinted in Turner, The Frontier in American History, 1920] 1 In 1817 John C. Calhoun represented South Carolina in the U.S. House. Later in the year he was appointed Secretary of War by President James Monroe. [NHC note] ƒ fiAbridgment of Debates of Congress,fl v, p. 706. [Footnote in Turner, Frontier, 1920]
Frederick Jackson Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" 1893 This brief official statement marks the closing of a great historic movement. Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West.
Frederick Jackson Turner: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY . I. N a recent bulletin of the Superintend¬ ent of the Census for 1890 appear these significant words: "'Up to and in¬ cluding 1880 the country had a frontier of settlement, but at present the unset¬ tled area has been so broken into by iso¬
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932. Publication date 1921 Topics Frontier thesis, United States -- History, West (U.S.) -- History Publisher New York : H. Holt & Co. Collection Princeton; americana Contributor Princeton Theological Seminary Library ... PDF download. download 1 file ...
The Frontier Thesis, also known as Turner's Thesis or American frontierism, is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that the settlement and colonization of the rugged American frontier was decisive in forming the culture of American democracy and distinguishing it from European nations. He stressed the process of "winning a wilderness" to extend the frontier line ...
By C.J.H. Hayes.--Frederick Jackson Turner, by A. Craven.--The frontier and the 400 year boom, by W.P. Webb.-- A meaning for Turner's frontier, democracy in the Old Northwest, by S. Elkins and E. McKitrick.--Frontier democracy; social aspects, by R.A. Billington.--Suggestions for additional reading (p. 185-188)
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The Frontier Thesis and the National Covenant in American Historical Writing Since 1830 (Minneapolis 1965), esp. 37-55; Jack-son K. Putnam, "The Turner Thesis and the Westward Movement: A Reap-praisal," Western Historical Quarterly, 7 (Oct. 1976), 377-404; Martin Ridge, "Frederick Jackson Turner and His Ghost: The Writing of Western History," Pro-
His thesis was, at the same time, a highly nationalistic view of Ameri-can history, insisting on its uniqueness and on the exceptional, incomparable character of U.S. democracy. In the year of its 120th birthday, no American social scientist would seriously argue that Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis still represents a valid inter-
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The Significance of the Frontier in American History. " The Significance of the Frontier in American History " is a seminal essay by the American historian Frederick Jackson Turner which advanced the Frontier thesis of American history. Turner's thesis had a significant impact on how people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries understood ...
The Legacy of Frederick Jackson Turner WILLIAM CRONON W hat is there left to say about Frederick Jackson Turner? After all the articles and books and dissertations, what could possibly ... 1973), and The Genesis of the Frontier Thesis: A Study in Historical Creativity (San Marino, 1971). 12 W. N. Davis, Jr., "Will the West survive as a Field of ...
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Turner, The Frontier in American History (New York, 1921), 2. 2 A number of excellent analyses and evaluations of the Turner thesis have been made. Among the most significant are the following: Avery 0. Craven, "Frederick Jackson Turner," in The Marcus W. Jernegan Essays in American Historiography (Chicago,
Turner Thesis (1893) Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis History professor, Univ. of Wisconsin Thesis: frontier experience and westward expansion had stimulated individualism, nationalism, and democracy Suggested "frontier" had alleviated social and economic problems of an industrial society
In their work on Turner's formative period, Ray A. Billington and Fulmer Mood have shown that the Frontier Thesis, formulated in 1893 in "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," is not so much a brilliant early effort by a young scholar as a mature study in which Turner gave his ideas an organization that proved to be final.
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His frontier thesis was widely accepted. Today, however, historians criticize him for ignoring ... From Frederick Jackson Turner, The Frontier in American History (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1920), pp. 1-4,22-23,29-31,32,37-38. In a recent bulletin of the Superintendent of the Census for 1890 appear these significant words: "Up to and
The English word "frontier," like its sister-words in the Romance languages, is derived from the classical Latin root "frons" (front or forepart) by way of the later medieval Latin term "fron-teria" (frontier or line of battle). The word 1 Frederick Jackson Turner, The Frontier in Amiierican History (New York, 1920), p. 3. 2 Ibid., p. 41.
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