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Heartland Germans: Cultural maintenance in mid-nineteenth century America
- Date Issued:
- 2006
- Summary:
- Midwestern Germans who populated Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul represented a kind of cultural identity that revealed an ethnic pride. Through the church, the press, their language, social organizations and political involvement, these Germans demonstrated the tenacity of a people willing to risk the security of their homeland for a better life in America and in the process established a set of cultural norms that reflected a significant attempt to maintain their ethnic identity. During the years 1830-1870, the pull of cheap and available land fueled the chain migration that led to the largest influx of German immigrants in American history. German insistence on the maintenance of their cultural distinction, while achieving full acceptance as Americans, reveals the tenacity of one ethnic group not to be lost in the "melting pot" of American folklore, but rather to fully, identifiably contribute to their new homeland.
Title: | Heartland Germans: Cultural maintenance in mid-nineteenth century America. |
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Name(s): |
LaVigne, Madelyn Witt. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Engle, Stephen D., Thesis advisor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 2006 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 107 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Midwestern Germans who populated Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul represented a kind of cultural identity that revealed an ethnic pride. Through the church, the press, their language, social organizations and political involvement, these Germans demonstrated the tenacity of a people willing to risk the security of their homeland for a better life in America and in the process established a set of cultural norms that reflected a significant attempt to maintain their ethnic identity. During the years 1830-1870, the pull of cheap and available land fueled the chain migration that led to the largest influx of German immigrants in American history. German insistence on the maintenance of their cultural distinction, while achieving full acceptance as Americans, reveals the tenacity of one ethnic group not to be lost in the "melting pot" of American folklore, but rather to fully, identifiably contribute to their new homeland. | |
Identifier: | 9780542576133 (isbn), 13338 (digitool), FADT13338 (IID), fau:10188 (fedora) | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2006. |
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Subject(s): |
German Americans--Ethnic identity Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies German Americans--Middle West--History |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13338 | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |