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The end of the myth from the frontier to the border wall in the mind of America

Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis" argued that the expansion of settlement across a frontier of "free land" created a uniquely American form of political equality, a vibrant, forward-looking individualism. Grandin explores the effect that constant, relentless expansion had on America's dom...

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Main Author: Grandin, Greg, 1962- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Turner, Frederick Jackson, > 1861-1932 > Criticism and interpretation.
Frontier thesis.
Borderlands > United States.
National characteristics, American.
Exceptionalism > United States.
Nationalism > United States > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Fleeing forward
  • All that space
  • The alpha and the omega
  • A Caucasian democracy
  • The safety valve
  • Are you ready for all these wars?
  • The true relief
  • The outer edge
  • The pact of 1898
  • A fortress on the frontier
  • A psychological twist
  • A golden harvest
  • Some demonic suction tube
  • More, more, more
  • The new preeĢˆmptor
  • Crossing the blood meridian
  • Epilogue: The significance of the wall in American history.

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