Date of Award

Spring 2021

Degree Type

Thesis

Department

History

Director of Thesis

Thomas Brown

First Reader

Jessica Elfenbein

Second Reader

Jessica Elfenbein

Abstract

This thesis examines the impact of the Lost Cause on the writings and ideas of John Holladay Latané, an American historian of foreign policy who was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1869, and died in 1932. Latané had ties to several prominent southern individuals and institutions throughout his life, such as Captain William Latané (his uncle) and Johns Hopkins University, which he both attended (both as an undergraduate and graduate student) and taught at. With this background in mind, a study of Latané’s stances reveals how the Lost Cause ideology intersected with analysis of foreign policy in the early twentieth century United States of America.

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© 2021, Scott Dranginis

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