Reviews for The Frontier in American History

The average rating for The Frontier in American History based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-05-20 00:00:00 Kelvin Ma Turner may be flawed and, yes, seriously overrated. However, his essays on the frontier are pivotal in understanding the evolution of both the field of history and of the American identity in general. The Frontier Thesis is one of the first manifests of the idea of American Exceptionalism. He is also one of the first to consider the environment and geographical sectionalism as a characterizing force. Understanding Turner is the first step in understanding many works of history and understanding the path of American society. I highly recommend checking out Henry Nash Smith's Virgin Land (One of the Founders of the Myth and Symbols School) after reading this book because he explains how it is not necessarily important that Turner is or was right, but rather that people believed that he was correct.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-12-23 00:00:00 Joshua King I really tried to like this book but it was too lackluster and boring. I wouldn't bother with it.