{"product_id":"the-fatal-environment-the-myth-of-the-frontier-in-the-age-of-industrialization-18001890-9780060976262","title":"The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization 1800-1890","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization 1800-1890\u003c\/strong\u003e by Slotkin, Richard. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780060976262.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Fatal Environment, Richard Slotkin demonstrates how the myth of frontier expansion and subjugation of the Indians helped to justify the course of Americaâ s rise to wealth and power. Using Custerâ s Last Stand as a metaphor for what Americans feared might happen if the frontier should be closed and the \"savage\" element be permitted to dominate the \"civilized,\" Slotkin shows the emergence by 1890 of a myth redefined to help Americans respond to the confusion and strife of industrialization and imperial expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964137467957,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060976268","price":60.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060976262_ad12d56a-b8ac-4434-89cb-63321046ed49.jpg?v=1792650501","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-fatal-environment-the-myth-of-the-frontier-in-the-age-of-industrialization-18001890-9780060976262","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}