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Raub, Patricia. "Popularizing the City: Urban Imagery in the National Geographic Magazine, 1950-1984," Bowling Green State University, May 1986.
This dissertation examines American cultural values and assumptions as articulated in National Geographic city articles published from 1950 to 1984. This study uses qualitative analysis to uncover the recurring themes and assumptions which shape the magazine’s approach to the city. Drawing upon scholarship in the fields of urban history, mass media studies, and tourist studies in its approach and methodology, it compares the Geographic’s coverage of American cities with its treatment of cities in other parts of the world. The study finds that the Geographic presents the American city as the exemplification of the virtues of responsible capitalism, paternalistic democracy, and success achieved through personal initiative and hard work. The magazine tends to evaluate cities outside the United States by standards set by American cities. It equates evidence of Western influence in Third World cities with modernity and progress, while it frames indigenous aspects of Third World cultures as “exotic” tourist attractions.
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