| Abstract: | Abstract In the early twentieth century, a wave of immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe to the United States caused natives' anxiety and debates over the racial purity of "the nation." By mid-century, these new-comers would be accepted in the ethnic wing of the white race. Across academic disciplines, this immigrant history has become emblematic of how "white people" in the United States are not born but made. Focusing on narratives on "the Balkans" in the popular at the time scientific magazine the National Geographic , this study examines American racial ideas of immigrants from the region from a comparative and cross-national perspective. |
