About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of the 1890 U.S. Census declaring the Frontier over and its influence on American art and culture.
When the U.S. Census announced in 1890 that the Frontier was over, America was plunged into a period of anxiety. As evidenced by the grand Indian photographs of Edward Sheriff Curtis, western nostalgia became a dominant theme of art, film, and pop culture. Another artist of the age, though, showed that the West endures into the modern age. Thank you to our sponsor Velvet Buck . Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. YouTube , Spotify , Apple , iHeart , Pandora , Amazon . MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals " The Long Hunters " and " Mountain Men " Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: MeatEater
Topics covered
- Frontier
- Western nostalgia
- American history
- Art
- Pop culture
Keywords
- Frontier
- Edward Sheriff Curtis
- Western nostalgia
- American history
- art
- pop culture
Sponsors
Velvet Buck
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Long Hunters, Mountain Men
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