The 1901 Fort Wayne, Indiana City Election: A Political Dialogue of Ethnic Tension

dc.contributor.advisorWokeck, Marianne Sophia
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Nancy Eileen
dc.contributor.otherSnodgrass, Michael
dc.contributor.otherMonroe, Elizabeth Brand, 1947-
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-06T15:29:39Z
dc.date.available2013-11-06T15:29:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.degree.date2013en_US
dc.degree.disciplineDepartment of Historyen
dc.degree.grantorIndiana Universityen_US
dc.degree.levelM.A.en_US
dc.descriptionIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 1901, three German American candidates ran for the office of mayor in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The winner, Henry Berghoff, had emigrated from Germany as a teenager. This thesis examines the election discourse in the partisan press for signs of ethnic tension. The first chapter places Fort Wayne in historical context of German immigration and Indiana history. The second and third chapters investigate the editorial pages for evidence of ethnic tension. I also reference a few articles of an editorial nature outside of the editorial pages. The second chapter provides background information about the election and examines indications of the candidates’ ethnicity and references to the German language papers. The third chapter considers the editorial comment about Germany, the intertwining of ethnicity and the issues, and ethnic name-calling. In order to identify underlying bias for or against Germany and to better understand the context of the references to German ethnicity, the fourth chapter explores the portrayal of Germany in the Fort Wayne papers.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/3658
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/173
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectIndianaen_US
dc.subjectFort Wayneen_US
dc.subjectImmigrationen_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectGermanyen_US
dc.subjectChinaen_US
dc.subjectNewspapersen_US
dc.subjectGerman Americanen_US
dc.subject1901en_US
dc.subjectElectionen_US
dc.subject.lcshLocal elections -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshGerman Americans -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- History -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshFort Wayne (Ind.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshFort Wayne (Ind.) -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshGerman American newspapers -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- History -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshGermans -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- Newspapers -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrejudices in the press -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical candidates -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshFort Wayne (Ind.) -- Ethnic relations -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshInvective -- Ethnic relations -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshCampaign debates -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshChina -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901en_US
dc.subject.lcshJournal-gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.)en_US
dc.subject.lcshNews and sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.)en_US
dc.subject.lcshIndiana Staatszeitung (Fort Wayne, Ind. : Weekly)en_US
dc.titleThe 1901 Fort Wayne, Indiana City Election: A Political Dialogue of Ethnic Tensionen_US
dc.typeThesisen
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