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Greg Grandin is an American historian and professor at Yale University. He is the author of several acclaimed works on U.
Known for: The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
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The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
In this Pulitzer Prize–winning work, historian Greg Grandin traces the evolution of the American frontier myth—from its origins as a symbol of limitless expansion and opportunity to its transformation into a justification for exclusion and border fortification. Grandin argues that the closing of the frontier marked a turning point in U.S. identity, revealing deep contradictions in the nation’s ideals of freedom and progress. The book explores how the frontier shaped American politics, race relations, and foreign policy, culminating in the rise of the modern border wall as a new national symbol.
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Historical Foundations
To understand how the frontier became a national myth, one must begin with Frederick Jackson Turner’s 1893 address, 'The Significance of the Frontier in American History.' Turner stood at the closing of a great epoch: the U.S. Census Bureau had just declared the frontier closed. Yet rather than seei...
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Expansion and Empire
The nineteenth century was the arena in which the frontier myth became national policy. The Westward expansion across the continent, justified through the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, carried Turner’s ethos into practice. Expansion was represented as progress, a march of civilization. Yet behind th...
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About Greg Grandin
Greg Grandin is an American historian and professor at Yale University. He is the author of several acclaimed works on U.S. history and Latin America, including 'Fordlandia' and 'Empire of Necessity.' His writing often examines the intersections of empire, race, and political ideology in the America...
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Greg Grandin is an American historian and professor at Yale University. He is the author of several acclaimed works on U.S. history and Latin America, including 'Fordlandia' and 'Empire of Necessity.' His writing often examines the intersections of empire, race, and political ideology in the America...
Greg Grandin is an American historian and professor at Yale University. He is the author of several acclaimed works on U.S. history and Latin America, including 'Fordlandia' and 'Empire of Necessity.' His writing often examines the intersections of empire, race, and political ideology in the Americas.
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