Date Thesis Awarded
4-2023
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
History
Advisor
Sarah E. McCartney
Committee Members
Richard Lee Turits
Sibel Zandi-Sayek
Abstract
This thesis examines the complex origins of Williamsburg as a place of national historic interest, focused around the arrival of the railroad and its role in the transformative process. I mainly rely on surviving primary sources, such as newspaper advertisements, clippings, brochures, photographs, and other paraphernalia in conjunction with existing histories to build my analysis. In this research, I seek to challenge the linear and reductive models that are the backbone of commonly espoused historical narratives surrounding Williamsburg by revealing the multiscalar entanglements at play.
Recommended Citation
Kim, Maximilian, "Entangled Agencies, Economic Contingencies, and Competing Ideologies: Williamsburg’s Complex Origins as a Place of National Historic Interest" (2023). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1991.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1991
