Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2016
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Committee Chair
Brian Carroll
Second Committee Member
Daniel Herman
Third Committee Member
Lacy Ferrell
Abstract
This study examines the impacts of modernization in Seattle, Washington during the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century. Using Seattle as a case study, this thesis looks at how modernization was presented at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. During Seattle’s modernization phase, public health, sanitation, and racial fears associated with disease were of utmost importance. By looking at Seattle and its relationship with the AYPE, it becomes clear that the exposition forced Seattle to modernize to become the premier city in the West.
Recommended Citation
Rodman, Shannon J., "The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition and Seattle's Health Modernization" (2016). All Master's Theses. 437.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/437
Language
English
Included in
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