Seward Collins as Provocateur: A New View on Collins’s Fascism and the American Review

Author

Tyler Becker , '14

Date of Award

Fall 2013

Document Type

Thesis

Terms of Use

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Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

History Department

First Advisor

Bruce Dorsey

Abstract

This paper explores a new view of Seward Collins, the publisher of the 1930s journal known as the American Review—as a provocateur par excellence. Normally labeled a “fascist” in historical literature, this paper tries to understand the nuances behind this position. Collins’s supposed fascism presents a historical and epistemological problem for historians, and the paper proposes changing Collins’s label to that of provocateur.

Recommended Citation

Becker, Tyler , '14, "Seward Collins as Provocateur: A New View on Collins’s Fascism and the American Review" (2013). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 574.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/574