Degrees of allegiance
Subtitle: harassment and loyalty in Missouri's German-American community during World War I
By: Petra DeWitt
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780821420034; 9780821444191
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; German Americans; Legal status, laws; German-Americans; Germans; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: American yet German: the state of German-American culture and the relationship between Germans and non-Germans in Missouri on the eve of World War I; title: Divided opinions and growing suspicions: Missourians and German-Americans during the neutrality period; title: "No time for slackers": the Missouri Council of Defense and Governor Gardner's approach to fighting the Kaiser at home; title: From the "most American city" to seeing German ghosts everywhere: St. Louis during the Great War; title: Resisting interference in daily life: Gasconade County during World War I; title: Superpatriotism in action: Osage County during World War I; title: Conclusion: becoming Americans of German heritage on their own terms: the impact of World War I on German culture in Missouri.