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Interactive Map Lets You Track How 19th- and Early-20th-Century American Newspapers Covered Any Topic
Ever wondered what beats journalists were covering in the 19th and 20th centuries? Now you can find out, thanks to a new interactive map built by Georgia Tech’s Research Institute and the University of Georgia’s eHistory initiative.
According to Slate, the map tracks keywords throughout the Library of Congress’ historical newspaper database and creates a visualization of the most frequent terms and keywords that appear.
“The frequency graph on each search is similar to Google’s Ngram, but more reflective of actual usage, since books take years to go into print and reappear years later in multiple editions,” said Claudio Saunt, a historian at the University of Georgia.
You can also filter the visualization according to date, in case you wanted to see which parts of the country reported on Jefferson Davis both during and after the Civil War, for example. Happy exploring!