F.J.Turner

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F.J.Turners Frontier Thesis, a summary of the
steps

• The steps toward city building

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Turners frontier
begins with the Indian and the hunter it goes
on to tell of the disintegration of savagery by
the entrance of the trader, the pathfinder of
civilization we read the annals of the pastoral
stage in ranch life the exploitation of the soil
by the raising of unrotated crops of corn and
wheat in sparsely settled farming communities
the intensive culture of denser farm settlement
and finally the manufacturing organization with
city and factory system.
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Indian origins
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Pathfinders, hunters
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traders
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Cattle raisers, pastoral stage
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Small farms
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Extensive grain farms
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Urban manufacturing---Cities
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Chicago where all the forces of nature
intersect Frederick J. Turner
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Frederick Jackson Turner quote

• The frontier is where civilization meets
  savagery