East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 5-2011 A Community of Modern Nations: The exM ican Herald at the Height of the Porfiriato 1895-1910. Joshua Salyers East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Journalism Studies Commons, and the Latin American History Commons Recommended Citation Salyers, Joshua, "A Community of Modern Nations: The exM ican Herald at the Height of the Porfiriato 1895-1910." (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1291. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1291 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A Community of Modern Nations: The Mexican Herald at the Height of the Porfiriato, 1895-1910 ___________________ A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of History East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master in History __________________ by Joshua Salyers May 2011 _______________ Dr. Daniel Newcomer, Chair Dr. Melvin Page Dr. Brian Maxson Mexican Herald, Porfiriato, American Colony, Mexico, modernization, newspapers. ABSTRACT A Community of Modern Nations: The Mexican Herald at the Height of the Porfiriato, 1895-1910. by Joshua Salyers The Mexican Herald, an English language newspaper in Mexico City during the authoritative rule of Porfirio Díaz (1895-1910), sought to introduce a vision of Mexico’s development that would influence how Mexicans conceived of their country’s political and cultural place within a community that transcended national boundaries.