Pan-American Periodicals
Exploring Inter-American Information Exchange in the Early Twentieth Century
The Project
“Pan American Periodicals” is a collaborative, digital history research project with two primary goals:
- Understand how printed materials (in particular, periodicals) served as “transnational circuits” for information flow in the western hemisphere
- Make the valuable information in those printed materials more accessible to researchers and students of the history of the Americas
Concepts and Context
These periodicals emerged in a context of rapid change in international communications and inter-American relations. Click below to learn more about this context and about some of the concepts that we use in our analysis, including “transnational circuitry”.
The Periodicals
The periodicals studied in this project allowed information to flow around the hemisphere during their print run. Today, they are a fascinating repository of information about the hemisphere and the early twentieth century. Click below to learn more about each periodical and to search its contents for your own research interests!
Featured Content
Explore some of the articles, themes, and components of the periodicals that have caught the attention of our researchers.
Current Contributors
Mark Petersen, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator
Associate Professor of History
University of Dallas
Joann Nguyen
Student Research Assistant
Undergraduate
University of Dallas
John Peter Cortez
Student Research Assistant
Undergraduate
University of Dallas
Previous Contributors:
David Morales, Student Research Assistant, 2019-20
Patrick Gomez, Student Research Assistant, 2019-20
Partners
Thank you to those institutions and individuals who have helped to make this project possible!
We are always looking for new partners, and there are many ways to get involved. Click the button below if you would like to find out more.