The End of the Myth
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What’s it about?
America's frontier myth of endless expansion is dead, leaving a nation trapped by inequality, violence, and a desperate search for a new story.
You’ll learn
- The frontier myth as a safety valve for social conflict
- How expansion fueled American capitalism and inequality
- The shift from geographic to economic frontiers
- Why the myth's end leads to walls and internal violence