Frederick Jackson Turner and the Frontier Thesis

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Frederick Jackson Turner and the Frontier Thesis

Friday 14 November 2025 is the 164th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Jackson Turner (14 November 1861 – 14 March 1932), who was born in Portage, Wisconsin, on this date in 1861.

Turner’s “frontier thesis” has been a touchstone of American history since Turner introduced the idea, being both widely influential and widely criticized. Turner contended that the experience of the frontier shaped the American character and American institutions. Is this a distinctive and unique feature of American history, or can the frontier thesis be generalized to other times and places?

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