The Role of the Frontier in American History

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"The frontier played an important part in American history, both as a reality and as an idea; it continues to do so today long after the frontier has disappeared. That disappearance was announced by Frederick Jackson Turner in his book The Frontier in American History, a book in which the author also discussed the significance of the frontier in American history. That significance is apparent in his book and in the film Stagecoach, a film which extols the virtues of those who battled the frontier, and which shows how the frontier helped shape American ideals and social attitudes. The image may be idealized in the film, but it is powerful and derives from real forces from the nineteenth century.
The fact that the frontier continues to play an important role in American life is evident in the way Americans seem to keep searching..."

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