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==Sectionalism==

==Sectionalism==

His sectionalism essays are collected in ''The Significance of Sections in American History,'' which won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in History in [[1933]]. Turner's sectionalism thesis had almost as much influence among historians as his frontier thesis, but never became widely known to the general public as did the frontier thesis. He argued that different ethno-cultural groups had distinct settlement patterns, and this revealed itself in politics, economics and society.  

His sectionalism essays are collected in ''The Significance of Sections in American History,'' which won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in History in 1933. Turner's sectionalism thesis had almost as much influence among historians as his frontier thesis, but never became widely known to the general public as did the frontier thesis. He argued that different ethno-cultural groups had distinct settlement patterns, and this revealed itself in politics, economics and society.  

Turner's theories came under attack in the 1970s, as critics complained, unfairly, that he neglected regionalism. Their approach rejected the frontier process all together and looked at the West as simply a place. Critics complained that Turner celebrated too much the equalitarianism and democracy of a frontier that was hard on women and minorities.  The attacks on Turner by the "new western historians" had the unexpected result of energizing his supporters and made Turnerian approaches even better known to the public.<ref> Limerick, the chief critic, concluded, "The campaign to declare Turner irrelevant revitalized Turner's reputation." Limerick (1995) p 698</ref>  Indeed, Turnerian ideas influenced the rapidly growing new field of environmental history.<ref> Hutton (2002)</ref>  Turner gave a strong impetus to quantitative methods, and scholars using new statistical techniques and data sets have, for example, confirmed many of Turner's suggestions about population movements.<ref> Hall and Ruggles, 2004 </ref>

Turner's theories came under attack in the 1970s, as critics complained, unfairly, that he neglected regionalism. Their approach rejected the frontier process all together and looked at the West as simply a place. Critics complained that Turner celebrated too much the equalitarianism and democracy of a frontier that was hard on women and minorities.  The attacks on Turner by the "new western historians" had the unexpected result of energizing his supporters and made Turnerian approaches even better known to the public.<ref> Limerick, the chief critic, concluded, "The campaign to declare Turner irrelevant revitalized Turner's reputation." Limerick (1995) p 698</ref>  Indeed, Turnerian ideas influenced the rapidly growing new field of environmental history.<ref> Hutton (2002)</ref>  Turner gave a strong impetus to quantitative methods, and scholars using new statistical techniques and data sets have, for example, confirmed many of Turner's suggestions about population movements.<ref> Hall and Ruggles, 2004 </ref>