SOCECOL 13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Eugenics, Washing Machine, Franz Boas
2 Nov 2016
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Fjt presented his thoughts to the american historical association. The single most influential piece of writing in american history. Declares that there is no visible frontier line in the demographic. Population density line was moving from 1790 onward. Frontier line is ending first chapter of america ending. Creating a nation out of the wilderness was traits that was unique to. Becoming the country of cities and many immigrants. Frontier = social and economic freedom; with it"s close, america would become more like europe. Turner is important because of the way he told his story. One of the very first historians who thinks of history as a problem- solving activity, not a story-telling activity. Geography was a huge influence on him; analyzing the information from maps. Eugenics improve human condition and human breeding stock. Race and character were fixed and immutable; biology was destiny. Tribal groups like the eskimo were considered primitive and uncivilized; northern society was seen as the best.
