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Pragmatism

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The Frontier Thesis of Pragma

frontier thesis put forward by turner is that the tremendous leap forward in the american economy in the second half of the nineteenth century was the result of westward expansion. It also created a number of important er social tensions. The immigrants who were flooding into America at that time had a marvellous field for their endeavours and opportunities. But it also meant that it was an insufficiently regulated economy. In other words, people weren't protected in simple things like health and safety at work and the rest. That's wr as julian says, he was critical of the new deal, not because he was opposed to it, but because he didn't think it went anywhere near far enough

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