Abstract
In 1893, the Columbian Exposition at Chicago celebrated the western world's discovery and occupation of the Americas. Against that backdrop, a convention of the new historical profession heard Frederick Jackson Turner's persuasive frontier thesis, which ascribed the pervasiveness of such acquisitive and individualist values to a specifically American experience. Here, he argued, an ongoing process of white settlement that had lasted for generations had shaped a New World.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
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