Does the Frontier Experience Make America Exceptional?

Présentation de l'éditeur At the Chicago Exhibition in 1893, Frederick Jackson Turner set forth his thesis that the frontier, an ever changing boundary that defines civilization containing the "Wild West", made America unique. The Turner thesis has been contested throughout much of the 20th century, and, most recently, New Western historians have claimed that the concept constructs racial and gender barriers that must be reconsidered. The five works in this volume include Turner's 1893 speech and present day essays that examine how the frontier informs questions of American identity. Biographie de l'auteur RICHARD W. ETULAIN is a professor of History and Director of the Center for the American West at the University of New Mexico. In 1999, he served as president of the Western History Association and is the author or editor of more than 30 books.