The Virginian Essay Adam Boeka The Virginian is said to have helped establish the code of the West‚ as well as the stereotypical people that inhabited it. It was the first novel of the West‚ and seems to have made the formula for many others to follow‚ many taking the cinema route as well. Wister presents us with an idealized hero‚ much like father in Little Britches‚ in the Virginian. The hero always encounters a major conflict‚ thus making the plot. A romance is always a secondary storyline
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The Economy and the West After the Civil War After the Civil War‚ the government’s role in the economy and westward expansion changed. They became more focussed on helping big industrial businessmen and no longer need to worry about taming the West. The economy itself changed greatly in the post Civil War era. The Industrial Revolution led to a new kind of big business. Now men like Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ and Vanderbilt had huge monopolies and trusts‚ making it nearly impossible for the common
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States continually reuses the western narrative as a uniquely white American concept. In almost every case‚ they mean a “white wild west” with Native Americans as a single people being the antagonist. Through these stories‚ the United States’ cultural values that so many of the population idealize are created and reaffirmed in these stereotypical narratives. In reality‚ the West was never completely white at all; rather‚ the West had people from all walks of life living and trying to succeed all over
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Jennifer Schultze History 417 T/TH February 17th 2017 Response #1 The U.S. West during the 19th century was a frontier built on hope‚ opportunities‚ and dreams. The idea of white masculinity on the frontier portrayed by cowboys in dime novels misrepresents the diverse population of the U.S. West. Popular culture has suppressed the rich history of diversity in the region. For many minorities‚ the frontier offered job opportunities‚ religious freedom‚ escape from segregation‚ the chance to own land
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that they should fit into the preceeding categories‚ however‚ once I get through all of them I will be able to make the final determination regarding my five main books. Part I – The Original Thesis Turner‚ Frederick Jackson. The Frontier in American History. New York: Henry Holt and Company‚ 1920. This book includes Turner’s landmark
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The American Frontier was the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness‚ especially referring to the western US before Pacific settlement. The development and conquering of the American Frontier was extremely important to the country because of the many benefits it would have to the country with things such as more space and more states for the country. It is explained through works like Excerpts from Frederick Jackson Turner‚ The Significance of the Frontier in American History
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How does Turner explain the recurring need for communication and transportation along the American frontier? What Turner wants to point out here is that the American West is the most important feature of American history‚ and of the development of its society. He refers several times to a process of “Americanization” and we will see that the definition he gives of it is a very peculiar one. He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers
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The American Frontier is such an important factor in the history of America. So much happened during this time that helped shape the American society and culture to get to the way it is today. Without the Frontier‚ things in America would not be the same. I chose the painting “emigrants crossing the plains” painted by Albert Bierstadt because I think it is a perfect representation of what was going on during the American Frontier. Many people were traveling to different places to find a better
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The American Frontier Ryan Williamson History 204: American History Prof: Gwendollyn Noble-Wold November 17‚ 2014 The American Frontier The idea of the West still lingers on throughout the world as a time filled with tough people who win over misfortune to overpower a harsh land; this period of time is very well-known in American history. In movies‚ novels‚ television stories of the west are still being repeated‚ rebuilt‚ and reiterated to lessen the events; “Native American myths and
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Darling Clementine.” What is Ford trying to say about the relation to the civilized East to the unsettled West. (Clementine vs. Chihuahua is relevant here.) The Wild West: An Analysis of Post-Civil War Tension in John Ford’s “My Darling Clementine” Following the end of the United States’ Civil War‚ new territories had becomes states‚ notably what is now known as the West. The West‚ iconized by its Cowboys‚ gunfights‚ and horses in the years that followed the Civil War‚ made its way to
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