The Frontier Myth and Migration

This fiche summarises the key reference points of the chapter for the written exam and the oral exam. It opens the theme "Changing Environments".

Sub-theme	Key notions to mobilise
Expansion and Manifest Destiny	frontier, border wall, space conquest
Border regions	Mexamerica, Irish border, British insularity
Migration	Sun Belt, commuting, rural depopulation

Describing a border: this border has long been a site of..., this region blends...
Nuancing a migration debate: while supporters argue that..., critics point out that...
Concluding: this raises the broader question of how far borders can be reconciled with...

The frontier myth: a founding imaginary still mobilised in contemporary debates.
Borders and migration: reveal the tension between economic openness and identity withdrawal.