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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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- 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.
- Subjects
- 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 seriesMax Kade German-American Research Institute series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Stievermann, Jan.Scheiding, Oliver.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-4695