Germans in America
Subtitle: A Concise History
Series: American Ways; American Ways
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Blue Ridge Summit
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781442264984
Subjects: Germans; History; German Americans
Description: From the first arrivals at Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1763 to the twilight of ethnicity in the twenty-first century, this book surveys the sweep of German American history over 300 years. It presents not only the institutions German immigrants created, but also their individual and collective voices as they established their lives within American society.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Contents; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1 Before the Great Flood; title: 2 Sources and Causes of Nineteenth-Century Emigration; title: 3 German Settlement Patterns in Nineteenth-Century America; title: 4 Religion, Education,and Interethnic Relations; title: 5 The German-Language Press and German Culture in America; title: 6 German Niches in the American Economy; title: 7 Women's Roles and Women's Work; title: 8 German Political and Military Roles in the Civil War Era; title: 9 Race, Culture, and Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century; title: 10 The Radical Side of German America; title: 11 The German-American Experience in World War I; title: 12 Into the Twilight of Ethnicity; title: A Note on Sources; title: Index; title: About the Author