Date of Completion

2019

Thesis Type

College of Arts and Science Honors

Department

History

First Advisor

Nicole Phelps

Keywords

Austria, Hungary, Media, 1898, United States, Newspaper

Abstract

The narratives in this coverage created a sense of American nationalism and influenced U.S. leaders and members of the public on migration restriction and other issues. They also provided a basis for early English-language historiography on Austria-Hungary. Subsequent, archival based scholarship reveals that many of these narratives were fictions. My project adds to existing historiography by focusing on mainstream perceptions of Austria-Hungary, rather than the perceptions of high-level diplomats and politicians.

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