TY - BOOK AU - DeWitt,Petra ED - Project Muse. TI - Degrees of allegiance: harassment and loyalty in Missouri's German-American community during World War I T2 - Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest SN - 9780821444191 AV - F475.G3 D49 2012 U1 - 940.4/03 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Athens PB - Ohio University Press KW - German Americans KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Germans KW - Missouri KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - German-Americans KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; American yet German: the state of German-American culture and the relationship between Germans and non-Germans in Missouri on the eve of World War I -- Divided opinions and growing suspicions: Missourians and German-Americans during the neutrality period -- "No time for slackers": the Missouri Council of Defense and Governor Gardner's approach to fighting the Kaiser at home -- From the "most American city" to seeing German ghosts everywhere: St. Louis during the Great War -- Resisting interference in daily life: Gasconade County during World War I -- Superpatriotism in action: Osage County during World War I -- Conclusion: becoming Americans of German heritage on their own terms: the impact of World War I on German culture in Missouri UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780821444191/ ER -