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  1. Richard Sidney Slotkin (born November 8, 1942) [1] is a cultural critic and historian. He is the Olin Professor of English and American Studies, Emeritus at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and, since 2010, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [2] [3] Slotkin writes novels alongside his historical research, and ...

  2. Feb 1, 1973 · Slotkin. 4.26. 215 ratings26 reviews. In Regeneration Through Violence , the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, Richard Slotkin shows how the attitudes and traditions that shape American culture evolved from the social and psychological anxieties of European settlers struggling in a strange new world to claim the land ...

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  4. The frontier myth or myth of the West is one of the influential myths in American culture. The frontier is the concept of a place that exists at the edge of a civilization, particularly during a period of expansion. The American frontier occurred throughout the 17th to 20th centuries as European Americans colonized and expanded across North ...

  5. Mar 9, 2020 · viii, 670 pages ; 24 cm In Regeneration Through Violence, the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, Richard Slotkin shows how the attitudes and traditions that shape American culture evolved from the social and psychological anxieties of European settlers struggling in a savage new world to claim the land and displace the Native Americans.

  6. Jan 23, 2024 · In Regeneration Through Violence, the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, historian and cultural critic Richard Slotkin demonstrates how the attitudes and traditions that shape American culture evolved from the social and psychological anxieties of European settlers struggling in a strange new world to claim the land and ...

  7. Mar 4, 2024 · Across three books of U.S. history — “Regeneration Through Violence,” about the period from 1600 to the Civil War; “The Fatal Environment,” about industrialization in the 1800s; and ...

  8. Sep 1, 1975 · Leo Marx; Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860. By Richard Slotkin. (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Pre

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