Distaste for the "wild" and frontier myth (1 janv. 1492 – 1 janv. 1700)
Description:
- Time period characterized, for the Europeans, by repugnance for the North American environment- “hideous and desolate, full of wild beasts and wild men”
- Progress defined by domination of nature and indigenous peoples
- Frontier myth – a foundation of U.S. national culture – story that promotes the idea that civilization is founded by pioneering individuals (white men) who bring civility to empty or “savage” people and places – still romanticized today (new “frontiers” in science for example)
o Not exclusively a U.S. perspective – has counterparts in China for example
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
1 janv. 1492
1 janv. 1700
~ 208 years
