The Frontier in American History (Annotated)

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner. The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 - March 14, 1932) was an American historian in the early 1900s, based at the University of Wisconsin until 1910, and then at Harvard. He was mainly known for his "Border Thesis". He trained many doctors who became known historians. He promoted interdisciplinary and quantitative methods, often with an emphasis on the Midwest. His best-known publication is his essay "The Meaning of the Border in the History of the United States," whose ideas formed the border thesis. He argued that the moving western border influenced American democracy and American character since the era colonial until 1890. He is also known for his theories of geographic sectionalism. In recent years,