Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 – March 14, 1932) was an American historian in the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin until 1910, and then at Harvard. He trained many PhDs who came to occupy prominent places in the history profession. He promoted interdisciplinary and quantitative methods, often with a focus on the Midwest. He is best known for his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", whose ideas formed the Frontier Thesis. He argued that the moving western frontier shaped American democracy and the American character from the colonial era until 1890. He is also known for his theories of geographical sectionalism. In recent years historians and academics have argued strenuously over Turner's work; all agree that the Frontier Thesis has had an enormous impact on historical scholarship and the American mind.
Early life, education, and career
Born in Portage, Wisconsin, the son of Andrew Jackson Turner and Mary Olivia Hanford Turner, Turner grew up in a middle-class family. His father was active in Republican politics, an investor in the railroad, and was a newspaper editor and publisher. His mother taught school. Turner was very much influenced by the writing of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a poet known for his focus on nature; so too was Turner influenced by scientists such as Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and Julian Huxley, and the development of Cartography. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Madison) in 1884, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.
The Most Rev George Fredric Clarence Jackson, DD (also spelt Frederic and seldom Frederick; 5 July 1907 - 24 December 1990) was an eminentAnglicanBishop in the second half of the 20th century.
Educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1935, his first post was a curacy at Erin, Ontario. After this he held incumbencies in Halton Hills and Halton Hills. He was then appointed Dean before being made Bishop of Qu'Appelle. In 1970 he was elected Metropolitan of Rupert's Land and Archbishop of Qu’Appelle. He concurrently held the post of Bishop Ordinary to the Armed Forces and also served the RCMP training centre, frequently conducting services in its chapel. Upon his retirement, he lived at the resort community of Katepwa on Katepwa Lake in the Qu'Appelle Valley and served as mayor of the community for several years. His and his wife's son Michael Jackson has for many years been and remains a Deacon at St Paul's Cathedral, Regina.
The Frontier Thesis - Frederick Jackson Turner and American exceptionalism
The frontier thesis changed the way Americans viewed their history irreparably. Its unique approach became the beginning of a tradition of American exceptionalism.
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/turner/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Thesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Jackson_Turner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Significance_of_the_Frontier_in_American_History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Eugene_Bolton
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Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis Explained
Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 paper "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" became a seminal paper in the historiography of United States history. In this video essay we explore Turner's ideas about how the frontier impacted the development of American society.
#americanhistory #wildwest #historiography #ushistory #historyclass #frontier #frontierthesis #americanexceptionalism #democracy #history #Frederickjacksonturner
published: 19 Nov 2023
Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner
This video analyzes the Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner, delivered in 1893 to the American Historical Association at the World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
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published: 14 Dec 2019
What was Jackson Turner’s “Frontier Thesis”?
Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University.
This video is part of the following Choices Program curriculum unit: Imperial America: U.S. Global Expansion, 1890-1915 - https://www.choices.edu/imperialism
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published: 12 Jul 2024
"Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis and Its Critics" - Wilfred M. McClay
Wilfred M. McClay is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma.
McClay's lecture is part of Hillsdale College's CCA seminar on The American West. See more from this seminar at https://www.hillsdale.edu/live/cca-iii-american-west/
The history of the Old West, dating roughly from the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, was but the length of one long lifetime. The debate over how to understand America’s western expansion has already eclipsed it in time. This third CCA of the 2016-2017 academic year will consider both the history and the debate.
Learn more about Hillsdale College at https://www.hillsdale.edu/
published: 18 Mar 2017
Turner Frontier Thesis
published: 10 Mar 2021
Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis
published: 07 Jan 2021
1893, July 12 | Frederick Jackson Turner | Significance of the Frontier
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, 1893. Excerpts from a paper read at the meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago on the 12th of July, 1893, during the World Columbian Exposition.
0:00:00 — Introduction
0:07:35 — The rising steam navigation...
0:08:37 — Railroads, fostered by land grants...
0:09:34 — The fall line marked the frontier of the seventeenth century...
0:11:22 — …civilization in America has followed the arteries made by geology...
0:12:07 — The farmer's advance came in a distinct series of waves...
0:15:07 — …influences on the East and on the Old World...
0:15:37 — The legislation which most developed the powers...
0:15:40 — ...activity was conditioned on the frontier...
0:19:39 — So long as free land exists, t...
published: 07 May 2024
Frederick jackson turner | what is FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER definition
The frontier thesis changed the way Americans viewed their history irreparably. Its unique approach became the beginning of a tradition of American exceptional...
The frontier thesis changed the way Americans viewed their history irreparably. Its unique approach became the beginning of a tradition of American exceptionalism.
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Turner, Frederick. “The Frontier in American History.” _Annual Report of the American Historical Association_, 1893.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/turner/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Thesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Jackson_Turner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Significance_of_the_Frontier_in_American_History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Eugene_Bolton
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The Frontier Thesis or Turner Thesis, is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that American democracy was formed by the American frontier. He stressed the process—the moving frontier line—and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. He also stressed results; especially that American democracy was the primary result, along with egalitarianism, a lack of interest in high culture, and violence. "American democracy was born of no theorist's dream; it was not carried in the Susan Constant to Virginia, nor in the Mayflower to Plymouth. It came out of the American forest, and it gained new strength each time it touched a new frontier," said Turner.[1]
In the thesis, the American frontier established liberty by releasing Americans from European mindsets and eroding old, dysfunctional customs. The frontier had no need for standing armies, established churches, aristocrats or nobles, nor for landed gentry who controlled most of the land and charged heavy rents. Frontier land was free for the taking. Turner first announced his thesis in a paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", delivered to the American Historical Association in 1893 in Chicago. He won wide acclaim among historians and intellectuals. Turner elaborated on the theme in his advanced history lectures and in a series of essays published over the next 25 years, published along with his initial paper as The Frontier in American History.[2]
Turner's emphasis on the importance of the frontier in shaping American character influenced the interpretation found in thousands of scholarly histories. By the time Turner died in 1932, 60% of the leading history departments in the U.S. were teaching courses in frontier history along Turnerian lines.[3]
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The frontier thesis changed the way Americans viewed their history irreparably. Its unique approach became the beginning of a tradition of American exceptionalism.
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more videos:
previous:
https://youtu.be/M4KzIsNNXmE
related:
https://youtu.be/c1TeVr_GU8I
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references:
Turner, Frederick. “The Frontier in American History.” _Annual Report of the American Historical Association_, 1893.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/turner/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Thesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Jackson_Turner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Significance_of_the_Frontier_in_American_History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Eugene_Bolton
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The Frontier Thesis or Turner Thesis, is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that American democracy was formed by the American frontier. He stressed the process—the moving frontier line—and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. He also stressed results; especially that American democracy was the primary result, along with egalitarianism, a lack of interest in high culture, and violence. "American democracy was born of no theorist's dream; it was not carried in the Susan Constant to Virginia, nor in the Mayflower to Plymouth. It came out of the American forest, and it gained new strength each time it touched a new frontier," said Turner.[1]
In the thesis, the American frontier established liberty by releasing Americans from European mindsets and eroding old, dysfunctional customs. The frontier had no need for standing armies, established churches, aristocrats or nobles, nor for landed gentry who controlled most of the land and charged heavy rents. Frontier land was free for the taking. Turner first announced his thesis in a paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", delivered to the American Historical Association in 1893 in Chicago. He won wide acclaim among historians and intellectuals. Turner elaborated on the theme in his advanced history lectures and in a series of essays published over the next 25 years, published along with his initial paper as The Frontier in American History.[2]
Turner's emphasis on the importance of the frontier in shaping American character influenced the interpretation found in thousands of scholarly histories. By the time Turner died in 1932, 60% of the leading history departments in the U.S. were teaching courses in frontier history along Turnerian lines.[3]
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Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 paper "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" became a seminal paper in the historiography of United States histo...
Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 paper "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" became a seminal paper in the historiography of United States history. In this video essay we explore Turner's ideas about how the frontier impacted the development of American society.
#americanhistory #wildwest #historiography #ushistory #historyclass #frontier #frontierthesis #americanexceptionalism #democracy #history #Frederickjacksonturner
Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 paper "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" became a seminal paper in the historiography of United States history. In this video essay we explore Turner's ideas about how the frontier impacted the development of American society.
#americanhistory #wildwest #historiography #ushistory #historyclass #frontier #frontierthesis #americanexceptionalism #democracy #history #Frederickjacksonturner
This video analyzes the Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner, delivered in 1893 to the American Historical Association at the World's Fair in Chicago, Il...
This video analyzes the Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner, delivered in 1893 to the American Historical Association at the World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
All APUSH Simplified videos organized by time period: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w5YowGMbHBlf7xPp58TG1P7lvbMWv-2yLQSqT57T2v8/edit?usp=sharing
This video analyzes the Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner, delivered in 1893 to the American Historical Association at the World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
All APUSH Simplified videos organized by time period: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w5YowGMbHBlf7xPp58TG1P7lvbMWv-2yLQSqT57T2v8/edit?usp=sharing
Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University.
This video is part of the following Choices Program curriculum unit: Imperial America: U.S. Global Expansion, 1890-1915 - ht...
Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University.
This video is part of the following Choices Program curriculum unit: Imperial America: U.S. Global Expansion, 1890-1915 - https://www.choices.edu/imperialism
More videos with Shibusawa: https://www.choices.edu/scholar/naoko-shibusawa
Perspectives from history. Choices for today.
https://www.choices.edu
History and Current Issues curriculum for secondary schools and introductory college courses.
Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University.
This video is part of the following Choices Program curriculum unit: Imperial America: U.S. Global Expansion, 1890-1915 - https://www.choices.edu/imperialism
More videos with Shibusawa: https://www.choices.edu/scholar/naoko-shibusawa
Perspectives from history. Choices for today.
https://www.choices.edu
History and Current Issues curriculum for secondary schools and introductory college courses.
Wilfred M. McClay is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma.
McClay's lecture is part of Hillsdale Colleg...
Wilfred M. McClay is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma.
McClay's lecture is part of Hillsdale College's CCA seminar on The American West. See more from this seminar at https://www.hillsdale.edu/live/cca-iii-american-west/
The history of the Old West, dating roughly from the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, was but the length of one long lifetime. The debate over how to understand America’s western expansion has already eclipsed it in time. This third CCA of the 2016-2017 academic year will consider both the history and the debate.
Learn more about Hillsdale College at https://www.hillsdale.edu/
Wilfred M. McClay is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma.
McClay's lecture is part of Hillsdale College's CCA seminar on The American West. See more from this seminar at https://www.hillsdale.edu/live/cca-iii-american-west/
The history of the Old West, dating roughly from the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, was but the length of one long lifetime. The debate over how to understand America’s western expansion has already eclipsed it in time. This third CCA of the 2016-2017 academic year will consider both the history and the debate.
Learn more about Hillsdale College at https://www.hillsdale.edu/
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, 1893. Excerpts from a paper read at the meeting of the American Historical As...
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, 1893. Excerpts from a paper read at the meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago on the 12th of July, 1893, during the World Columbian Exposition.
0:00:00 — Introduction
0:07:35 — The rising steam navigation...
0:08:37 — Railroads, fostered by land grants...
0:09:34 — The fall line marked the frontier of the seventeenth century...
0:11:22 — …civilization in America has followed the arteries made by geology...
0:12:07 — The farmer's advance came in a distinct series of waves...
0:15:07 — …influences on the East and on the Old World...
0:15:37 — The legislation which most developed the powers...
0:15:40 — ...activity was conditioned on the frontier...
0:19:39 — So long as free land exists, the opportunity...
0:26:57 — But what will become of the West...
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, 1893. Excerpts from a paper read at the meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago on the 12th of July, 1893, during the World Columbian Exposition.
0:00:00 — Introduction
0:07:35 — The rising steam navigation...
0:08:37 — Railroads, fostered by land grants...
0:09:34 — The fall line marked the frontier of the seventeenth century...
0:11:22 — …civilization in America has followed the arteries made by geology...
0:12:07 — The farmer's advance came in a distinct series of waves...
0:15:07 — …influences on the East and on the Old World...
0:15:37 — The legislation which most developed the powers...
0:15:40 — ...activity was conditioned on the frontier...
0:19:39 — So long as free land exists, the opportunity...
0:26:57 — But what will become of the West...
The frontier thesis changed the way Americans viewed their history irreparably. Its unique approach became the beginning of a tradition of American exceptionalism.
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more videos:
previous:
https://youtu.be/M4KzIsNNXmE
related:
https://youtu.be/c1TeVr_GU8I
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references:
Turner, Frederick. “The Frontier in American History.” _Annual Report of the American Historical Association_, 1893.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/turner/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Thesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Jackson_Turner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Significance_of_the_Frontier_in_American_History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Eugene_Bolton
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The Frontier Thesis or Turner Thesis, is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that American democracy was formed by the American frontier. He stressed the process—the moving frontier line—and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. He also stressed results; especially that American democracy was the primary result, along with egalitarianism, a lack of interest in high culture, and violence. "American democracy was born of no theorist's dream; it was not carried in the Susan Constant to Virginia, nor in the Mayflower to Plymouth. It came out of the American forest, and it gained new strength each time it touched a new frontier," said Turner.[1]
In the thesis, the American frontier established liberty by releasing Americans from European mindsets and eroding old, dysfunctional customs. The frontier had no need for standing armies, established churches, aristocrats or nobles, nor for landed gentry who controlled most of the land and charged heavy rents. Frontier land was free for the taking. Turner first announced his thesis in a paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", delivered to the American Historical Association in 1893 in Chicago. He won wide acclaim among historians and intellectuals. Turner elaborated on the theme in his advanced history lectures and in a series of essays published over the next 25 years, published along with his initial paper as The Frontier in American History.[2]
Turner's emphasis on the importance of the frontier in shaping American character influenced the interpretation found in thousands of scholarly histories. By the time Turner died in 1932, 60% of the leading history departments in the U.S. were teaching courses in frontier history along Turnerian lines.[3]
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Hashtags: #History #frontier #AmericanExceptionalism #FrederickJacksonTurner #FrontierThesis #TurnerThesis #historians #historiography
Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 paper "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" became a seminal paper in the historiography of United States history. In this video essay we explore Turner's ideas about how the frontier impacted the development of American society.
#americanhistory #wildwest #historiography #ushistory #historyclass #frontier #frontierthesis #americanexceptionalism #democracy #history #Frederickjacksonturner
This video analyzes the Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner, delivered in 1893 to the American Historical Association at the World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
All APUSH Simplified videos organized by time period: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w5YowGMbHBlf7xPp58TG1P7lvbMWv-2yLQSqT57T2v8/edit?usp=sharing
Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University.
This video is part of the following Choices Program curriculum unit: Imperial America: U.S. Global Expansion, 1890-1915 - https://www.choices.edu/imperialism
More videos with Shibusawa: https://www.choices.edu/scholar/naoko-shibusawa
Perspectives from history. Choices for today.
https://www.choices.edu
History and Current Issues curriculum for secondary schools and introductory college courses.
Wilfred M. McClay is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma.
McClay's lecture is part of Hillsdale College's CCA seminar on The American West. See more from this seminar at https://www.hillsdale.edu/live/cca-iii-american-west/
The history of the Old West, dating roughly from the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, was but the length of one long lifetime. The debate over how to understand America’s western expansion has already eclipsed it in time. This third CCA of the 2016-2017 academic year will consider both the history and the debate.
Learn more about Hillsdale College at https://www.hillsdale.edu/
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, 1893. Excerpts from a paper read at the meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago on the 12th of July, 1893, during the World Columbian Exposition.
0:00:00 — Introduction
0:07:35 — The rising steam navigation...
0:08:37 — Railroads, fostered by land grants...
0:09:34 — The fall line marked the frontier of the seventeenth century...
0:11:22 — …civilization in America has followed the arteries made by geology...
0:12:07 — The farmer's advance came in a distinct series of waves...
0:15:07 — …influences on the East and on the Old World...
0:15:37 — The legislation which most developed the powers...
0:15:40 — ...activity was conditioned on the frontier...
0:19:39 — So long as free land exists, the opportunity...
0:26:57 — But what will become of the West...
Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 – March 14, 1932) was an American historian in the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin until 1910, and then at Harvard. He trained many PhDs who came to occupy prominent places in the history profession. He promoted interdisciplinary and quantitative methods, often with a focus on the Midwest. He is best known for his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", whose ideas formed the Frontier Thesis. He argued that the moving western frontier shaped American democracy and the American character from the colonial era until 1890. He is also known for his theories of geographical sectionalism. In recent years historians and academics have argued strenuously over Turner's work; all agree that the Frontier Thesis has had an enormous impact on historical scholarship and the American mind.
Early life, education, and career
Born in Portage, Wisconsin, the son of Andrew Jackson Turner and Mary Olivia Hanford Turner, Turner grew up in a middle-class family. His father was active in Republican politics, an investor in the railroad, and was a newspaper editor and publisher. His mother taught school. Turner was very much influenced by the writing of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a poet known for his focus on nature; so too was Turner influenced by scientists such as Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and Julian Huxley, and the development of Cartography. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Madison) in 1884, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.