‘In every country the exploitation of the wild beasts, and of the raw products generally, causes the entry of the disintegrating and transforming influences of a higher civilization.’
During the early years of the colonization of America, the trade with the Native Americans played an important role in the development of the country. Turner focuses on this important topic by exploring in depth the nature and effect of the trade with the Native Americans in Wisconsin from its very beginning to the 19th century.
Frederick Jackson Turner was an American historian known primarily for his Frontier Thesis.