“The frontier promoted the formation of a composite nationality for the American people,” he told the audience. “In the crucible of the frontier, the immigrants were Americanized, liberated ...

Considering the breadth of firearms and other weapons curated throughout American history, few inventions left as profound a ...

Across the gallery, each piece offers a different lens on movement, memory and reinvention, anchoring big ideas in the ...

QUESTION: Talk about the Frederick Jackson Turner and the American Frontier. WILLIAM CRONON: Frederick Jackson Turner's significance to the frontier in American history is that his is arguably the ...

Some say it already has ended. But the underlying problems of the American economy will not come to an end with the next upturn in the business cycle, unless American industry undertakes some ...

Examines the truth behind the legends and folklore of the American frontier, using dramatic re-enactments and interviews with experts. By the end of the 18th century, former British colonies ...