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- Title
Henry George, Frederick Jackson Turner, and the "Closing" of the American Frontier.
- Authors
Lough, Alex Wagner
- Abstract
The article discusses the ideas of historian Frederick Jackson Turner and economist Henry George concerning landownership and the "closing" of the American frontier. It comments on how their experiences in the American West, and particularly George's time in California, influenced their ideas. The author considers theories about a single tax on land values, the relationship between land and American democracy, and American exceptionalism. Other topics include progress, the Populist movement, and the economic climate of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Subjects
WEST (U.S.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; GEORGE, Henry, 1839-1897; TURNER, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932; LAND tenure; FRONTIER &; pioneer life; WESTERN United States history; CALIFORNIA state history, 1850-1950; SINGLE tax; DEMOCRACY; AMERICAN exceptionalism; HISTORY
- Publication
California History, 2012, Vol 89, Issue 2, p4
- ISSN
0162-2897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/23215319