Frontier Thesis

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_H._H._Mc_Kinley
gptkbp:emphasizes the frontier in shaping American character
gptkbp:field_of_study American West history
gptkbp:has_impact_on American identity
the role of violence in American expansion
gptkbp:has_influence_on literature about the American West
gptkbp:historical_debate the American democracy was formed by the American frontier
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frontier Thesis
gptkbp:influenced historical scholarship
gptkbp:is_a_framework_for gptkb:American_history
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in gender roles in the West
the impact of the frontier on American politics
gptkbp:is_associated_with American exceptionalism
the American Dream
the frontier as a place of opportunity
the safety valve theory
gptkbp:is_cited_in American nationalism
gptkbp:is_connected_to the frontier as a social laboratory
gptkbp:is_criticized_for its Eurocentric perspective
romanticizing the frontier experience
ignoring the impact of industrialization
its lack of attention to class issues
its simplistic view of frontier life
overlooking the role of Native Americans
gptkbp:is_described_as American individualism
gptkbp:is_discussed_in gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
environmental history
the Turnerian model of history
the concept of the 'frontier spirit'
gptkbp:is_influential_in public perceptions of the West
gptkbp:is_often_associated_with discussions of American imperialism
gptkbp:is_often_compared_to the New Western History
gptkbp:is_referenced_in political discourse
film and media studies
gptkbp:key American historiography
historical geography
gptkbp:proposed_by gptkb:Frederick_Jackson_Turner
gptkbp:published_by 1893
gptkbp:research frontier mythology
immigration patterns in America
the significance of the frontier in American culture
gptkbp:subject cultural studies
numerous academic debates
gptkbp:suitable_for the closing of the frontier marked the end of a significant era
gptkbp:training American history courses