Xenofobia antigermánica en los Estados Unidos durante la Gran Guerra

  1. Dario Migliucci
Revista:
Historia social

ISSN: 0214-2570

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 101

Páginas: 61-79

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Historia social

Resumen

El objetivo del artículo es analizar –gracias a fuentes primarias recolectadas en la Library of Congress y en la National Archives and Records Administration de Washington D.C.– la labor de dos comités legislativos estadounidense que, durante la Gran Guerra, indagaron las llamadas actividades desleales de individuos, organizaciones y empresas de la comunidad alemana de los Estados Unidos. Se defenderá que dichas investigaciones acabaron desempeñando un rol destacado en la creación del clima de germanofobia –vejaciones, marginación social, arrebatos violentos, etc.– que caracterizó el periodo de beligerancia.

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