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A peculiar mixture : German-language cultures and identities in eighteenth-century North America

Title
A peculiar mixture : German-language cultures and identities in eighteenth-century North America / edited by Jan Stievermann and Oliver Scheiding.
Publication
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Stievermann, Jan.
  • Scheiding, Oliver.
Description
vi, 284 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"A collection of essays that explore the transatlantic German cultures and identities of the colonial period"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
The Max Kade German American Research Institute series
Uniform Title
Max Kade German-American Research Institute series.
Subject
  • Germans > North America > History > 18th century
  • Germans > North America > Ethnic identity
  • German Americans > History > 18th century
  • German Americans > Ethnic identity
  • North America > Emigration and immigration > History > 18th century
  • Germany > Emigration and immigration > History > 18th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Rethinking the significance of the 1709 mass migration / Marianne S. Wokeck -- 2. Information brokers and mediators: the role of diplomats in the migrations of German-speaking people, 1709-1711 / Rosalind J. Beiler -- 3. The Palatine immigrants of 1710 and the Native Americans / Philip Otterness -- 4. Of dwelling houses, painted chests, and stove plates: what material culture tells us about the Palatines in early New York / Cynthia G. Falk -- 5. (Re)discovering the German-language literature of colonial America / Patrick M. Erben -- 6. "Runs, creeks, and rivers join": the correspondence network of Gotthilf Henry Ernst Mühlenberg / Matthias Schönhofer -- 7. Divergent paths: processes of identity formation among German speakers, 1730-1760 / Marie Basile McDaniel -- 8. Defining the limits of American liberty: Pennsylvania's German peace churches during the Revolution / Jan Stievermann -- 9. Pennsylvania German Taufscheine and revolutionary America: cultural history and interpreting identity / Liam Riordan.
Call Number
JFE 13-4695
ISBN
  • 9780271059495 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0271059494 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012044625
OCLC
818659844
Title
A peculiar mixture : German-language cultures and identities in eighteenth-century North America / edited by Jan Stievermann and Oliver Scheiding.
Imprint
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.
Series
The Max Kade German American Research Institute series
Max Kade German-American Research Institute series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Stievermann, Jan.
Scheiding, Oliver.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-4695
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