The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 369 pages ; 25 cm
"A[n] ... interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump's border wall ... historian Greg Grandin explores the meaning of the frontier throughout the full sweep of U.S. history--from the American Revolution to the War of 1898, the New Deal to the election of 2016"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
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 preëmptor -- Crossing the blood meridian.
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.
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.
ISBN:
9781250179821
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HISTORY North Am. US Gra | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.