The Historian Circle

How did Popular Culture Contribute to the Rise of a United States Empire at the End of the Nineteenth Century? by Yaaseen Baksh Yaaseen is a student at the University of Birmingham studying History BA from 2020 to 2023. He has an interest in all things Empire and is a keen numismatist, specialising in British numismatics from 1816 to 1970 regarding the duodecimal currency. In 1893 the United States had been conquered internally to its fullest extent, paving the way for new frontiers to be opened. 1 These new territories that were explored created a new popular culture centred around the Empire . This popular culture explored scientific racism, created new domestic fashions and gender stereotypes and linked a booming economy and patriotism to the Empire . Therefore, giving rise to a United States E mpire at the end of the nineteenth century. Scientific racism contributed to the rise of an E mpire. In the nineteenth century writers in the United States advocated Teutonic supremacy,

  “Tragic Heroines”, “Hapless Victims”, and “Beheaded Queens”: Examining the emergence of ‘Victim Queens’ within academic and popular historiography produced during nineteenth-century queenship studies. -- by Darcy R. Keim, MA Chapter One Introduction -The Ingredients of a Victim Queen- Titles such as ‘tragic queenship’ are structured by the manner in which historiography contextualises women of ill-fated rule. Alongside this study is a widespread desire to typify the roles of women. As a definition, ‘tragic queen’ specifically cites female monarchs who have undergone exceptional hardships. A recurrent example are queens who have been imprisoned; such as Joan of Navarre. However - reflective of historiography - it ought to be argued that ‘tragic queenship’ has evolved as an umbrella-term; inclusive of all ill-fated models of queenship. The intention of this study aims to focus on ‘victim queens’ as an explicit sub-genre. The differentiation between ‘tragic’ and ‘victim’ examines