The German-American Heritage
Title | The German-American Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | Irene M. Franck |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780816016297 |
Explores the history, culture, and contributions of German-Americans from colonial times to the present.
The German-American Experience
Title | The German-American Experience PDF eBook |
Author | Don Heinrich Tolzmann |
Publisher | Humanities Press International |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A history of the German people in the United States.
How German Ingenuity Inspired America
Title | How German Ingenuity Inspired America PDF eBook |
Author | Lynne Breen |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-12-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780578756196 |
German Heritage Explorations
Title | German Heritage Explorations PDF eBook |
Author | Don Heinrich Tolzmann |
Publisher | NCSA Literatur |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2019-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781880788462 |
German Heritage Explorations by Don Heinrich Tolzmann takes you on a journey through German-American history based on his travels and research exploring German immigration, settlement and influences.
Germans in America
Title | Germans in America PDF eBook |
Author | Walter D. Kamphoefner |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2021-11-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442264985 |
This book offers a fresh look at the Germans—the largest and perhaps the most diverse foreign-language group in 19th century America. Drawing upon the latest findings from both sides of the Atlantic, emphasizing history from the bottom up and drawing heavily upon examples from immigrant letters, this work presents a number of surprising new insights. Particular attention is given to the German-American institutional network, which because of the size and diversity of the immigrant group was especially strong. Not just parochial schools, but public elementary schools in dozens of cities offered instruction in the mother tongue. Only after 1900 was there a slow transition to the English language in most German churches. Still, the anti-German hysteria of World War I brought not so much a sudden end to cultural preservation as an acceleration of a decline that had already begun beforehand. It is from this point on that the largest American ethnic group also became the least visible, but especially in rural enclaves, traces of the German culture and language persisted to the end of the twentieth century.
Sourcebook for the German-American Heritage Month
Title | Sourcebook for the German-American Heritage Month PDF eBook |
Author | University of Cincinnati. German-American Studies Program |
Publisher | |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Cincinnati (Ohio) |
ISBN |
Germans in New Jersey
Title | Germans in New Jersey PDF eBook |
Author | Peter T. Lubrecht |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 2013-09-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625845103 |
German immigrants and their descendants are integral to New Jersey's history. When the state was young, they founded villages that are now well-established communities, such as Long Valley. Many German immigrants were lured by the freedom and opportunity in the Garden State, especially in the nineteenth century, as they escaped oppression and revolution. German heroes have played a patriotic part in the state's growth and include scholars, artists, war heroes and industrialists, such as John Roebling, the builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, and Thomas Nast, the father of the American cartoon. Despite these contributions, life in America was not always easy; they faced discrimination, especially during the world wars. But in the postwar era, refugees and German Americans alike--through their Deutsche clubs, festivals, societies and language schools--are a huge part of New Jersey's rich cultural tapestry.