A peculiar mixture
A peculiar mixture German-language cultures and identities in eighteenth-century North America / [electronic resource] :
edited by Jan Stievermann and Oliver Scheiding.
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Max Kade German American Research Institute series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"A collection of essays that explore the transatlantic German cultures and identities of the colonial period"--Provided by publisher.
9780271061061
German Americans--Ethnic identity.
German Americans--History--18th century.
Germans--Ethnic identity.--North America
Germans--History--North America--18th century.
Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.
North America--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
E49.2.G3 / P43 2013
973/.0431
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"A collection of essays that explore the transatlantic German cultures and identities of the colonial period"--Provided by publisher.
9780271061061
German Americans--Ethnic identity.
German Americans--History--18th century.
Germans--Ethnic identity.--North America
Germans--History--North America--18th century.
Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.
North America--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
E49.2.G3 / P43 2013
973/.0431