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Frontier Myth

Frontier Myth is a cultural narrative archetype in Western genres that idealizes the frontier as a site of untamed wilderness, individual heroism, and civilizational progress, distinguishing it from other mythic constructs through its central role in shaping American national identity and ideological expansionism.

84

Publications

6.8K

Citations

85

Authors

33

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

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Publications

84

Gunfighter nation: the myth of the frontier in twentieth-century America

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 976 citations

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Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860

Levi S. Peterson, Richard Slotkin · Western Historical Quarterly · 1974 · 945 citations

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The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800-1890

Richard Drinnon, Richard Slotkin · The American Indian Quarterly · 1985 · 330 citations

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Frontier Masculinity in the Oil Industry: The Experience of Women Engineers

Gloria E. Miller · Gender Work and Organization · 2003 · 255 citations

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The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800-1890

William Cronon, Richard Slotkin · Western Historical Quarterly · 1986 · 244 citations

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Authors

85

  1. RS
    Richard Slotkin

    Wesleyan University, United States

    17 publications · 3K citations

    17

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  2. LG
    Leroy G. Dorsey

    Texas A&M University, United States

    4 publications · 128 citations

    4

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  3. EF
    Elizabeth Furniss

    University of Calgary, Canada

    3 publications · 189 citations

    3

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  4. HN
    Henry Nash Smith

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 258 citations

    3

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  5. DM
    David Mogen

    2 publications · 94 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

  2. Queen's University Belfast

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    178 citations

  3. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

    Fayetteville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    166 citations

  4. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    204 citations

  5. Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  6. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. Widener University

    Chester, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    118 citations

  8. University of Regina

    Regina, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    255 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Western Historical Quarterly

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

    8

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  3. American Quarterly

    AQ · 6 publications · 156 citations

    6

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 5 publications · 364 citations

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  5. Journal of American History

    4 publications · 542 citations

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