Walter D Kamphoefner

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Germans in America: A Concise HistoryHardcover, 8 November 2021

Germans in America: A Concise History
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Part of Series
American Ways
Print Length
310 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Date Published
8 Nov 2021
ISBN-10
1442264977
ISBN-13
9781442264977

Description

This book offers a fresh look at the Germans--the largest and perhaps the most diverse foreign-language group in 19th century America. Drawing upon the latest findings from both sides of the Atlantic, emphasizing history from the bottom up and drawing heavily upon examples from immigrant letters, this work presents a number of surprising new insights. Particular attention is given to the German-American institutional network, which because of the size and diversity of the immigrant group was especially strong. Not just parochial schools, but public elementary schools in dozens of cities offered instruction in the mother tongue. Only after 1900 was there a slow transition to the English language in most German churches. Still, the anti-German hysteria of World War I brought not so much a sudden end to cultural preservation as an acceleration of a decline that had already begun beforehand. It is from this point on that the largest American ethnic group also became the least visible, but especially in rural enclaves, traces of the German culture and language persisted to the end of the twentieth century.

Product Details

Author:
Walter D Kamphoefner
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
8 November 2021
Dimensions:
23.01 x 15.39 x 3 cm
Genre:
Germany
ISBN-10:
1442264977
ISBN-13:
9781442264977
Language:
English
Pages:
310
Weight:
521.63 gm

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