01043pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002500040245003100065260000900096300001400105362001200119520066000131650003800791650002800829773004000857180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTripathy, Jyotirmaya  aFrontier legacy of America  c2008  ap.165-76.  aJan-Mar  aThe idea of the frontier is the most pervasive metaphor of Americanism, nation building and identity formation. The present paper argues for an idea of the frontier as a process of linear expansion rather than an event in history. Using the term as a trope that universalizes expansion and conquest as an absolute, the paper traces the evolution of the frontier myth from early seventeenth century till Iraq invasion. While assuming that the frontier is a hyper sensitive line of control that divides us from them or pits one against the other, the paper tries to locate recent international political developments in the frontier framework. - Reproduced.  aUnited States - Foreign relations  aInternational relations  aIndian Journal of Political Science