United States and Latin America in the Chicago Tribunes pages: Pan-Americanism and Chicago Worlds Fair (1889-1894)

Author(s)

Gabriela Xabay Gimenes

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2016-09-16

Examining board members

Mary Anne Junqueira; Katia Gerab Baggio; Janina Onuki

• Advisor: Mary Anne Junqueira

Abstract

This research aims to analyze how the first Pan-American experience (1889-1894) appeared in the pages of the leading newspaper The Chicago Tribune, and in what way was the American Hemisphere imagined by it. The newspaper, related to the interests of businessmen and industrialists of the West, positioned itself favorably to the reorientation of the hemispheric policy, which was put in practice in James Blaines second term as Secretary of State. Going beyond its argumentation in improving the Inter-American trade, the Tribune endeavored to depict the United States and Latin America as friends, especially during the Chicago Worlds Fair (1893). The major event, which profoundly affected that country at the end of the nineteenth century, was meant to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the Discovery of the Americas. By exploiting the idea of a common past, the State Department promoted the Pan-Americanism, negotiating and encouraging Latin American countries to prepare exhibits for the World\'s Fair. The Chicago Tribune tracked the news and argued favorably and eloquently for the project of the union of the Three Americas. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/24744-9 - The Chicago World's Fair and the images constructed about the Americas by the Chicago Tribune newspaper (1889-1894)
• Grantee: Gabriela Xabay Gimenes
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master