This book offers a new perspective on the Germansthe largest and perhaps most diverse foreign-language group in 19th-century America. Based on the latest research from both sides of the Atlantic, with an emphasis on history from below and drawing heavily on examples from immigrants' letters, this work presents a series of surprising new insights. Particular attention is paid to the German-American institutional network, which was particularly strong due to the size and diversity of the immigrant group. Not only denominational schools, but also public elementary schools in dozens of cities offered instruction in the native language. It was not until after 1900 that most German churches began a slow transition to English. Nevertheless, the anti-German hysteria of the First World War led less to a sudden end to cultural preservation than to an acceleration of a decline that had already begun. From that point on, America's largest ethnic group also became the least visible, but traces of German culture and language remained, especially in rural enclaves, until the end of the 20th century.
Author
Kamphoefner, Walter D.
Title
Deutsche in Amerika
Details
334 pages.
State
new
Subtitle
Ein historischer Überblick
Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH Maybachstr. 8 70469 Stuttgart Deutschland
