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

Title
A peculiar mixture [electronic resource] : 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
1 online resource (284 p.) : ill.
Summary
"A collection of essays that explore the transatlantic German cultures and identities of the colonial period"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Max Kade German American Research Institute series
Uniform Title
  • Peculiar mixture (Online)
  • 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.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Rethinking the significance of the 1709 mass migration / Marianne S. Wokeck -- Information brokers and mediators : the role of diplomats in the migrations of German-speaking people, 1709-1711 / Rosalind J. Beiler -- The Palatine immigrants of 1710 and the Native Americans / Philip Otterness -- Of dwelling houses, painted chests, and stove plates : what material culture tells us about the Palatines in early New York / Cynthia G. Falk -- (Re)discovering the German-language literature of colonial America / Patrick M. Erben -- "Runs, creeks, and rivers join" : the correspondence network of Gotthilf Henry Ernst Mühlenberg / Matthias Schönhofer -- Divergent paths : processes of identity formation among German speakers, 1730-1760 / Marie Basile McDaniel -- Defining the limits of American liberty : Pennsylvania's German peace churches during the Revolution / Jan Stievermann -- Pennsylvania German Taufscheine and revolutionary America : cultural history and interpreting identity / Liam Riordan.
LCCN
2012044625
OCLC
ssj0000981238
Title
A peculiar mixture [electronic resource] : 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
Max Kade German American Research Institute series
Max Kade German-American Research Institute series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Stievermann, Jan.
Scheiding, Oliver.
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