The German Immigrant Press in Milwaukee
Title | The German Immigrant Press in Milwaukee PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Heinz Knoche |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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German Milwaukee
Title | German Milwaukee PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Watson Schumacher |
Publisher | Arcadia Library Editions |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2009-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781531639075 |
German immigrants began arriving to Milwaukee in the 1830s. By 1859, over one-third of the city was German. They opened schools and churches, started businesses, ran for office, and introduced professional German theater, art, and music to the city. Milwaukee soon became known throughout the United States--and even abroad--as the "German Athens of North America." There is a reason Milwaukee is known as the city of beer and brats, why it is here that the biggest Germanfest in the country takes place, and why still today the German language can be seen and heard throughout the city. As the well-known German newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine stated in 2008, "Deutscher als Milwaukee ist nirgendwo in Amerika" (There is nowhere in America more German than in Milwaukee).
Germans in Milwaukee: A Neighborhood History
Title | Germans in Milwaukee: A Neighborhood History PDF eBook |
Author | Jill Florence Lackey & Rick Petrie |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467147281 |
Remains of earliest German settlements in Milwaukee neighborhoods -- German place names in Milwaukee neighborhoods -- Remains of German commerce in Milwaukee neighborhoods -- Remains of German institutions in Milwaukee neighborhoods -- Remains of German ways of life in Milwaukee neighborhoods -- German footprints on the physical terrain in Milwaukee neighborhoods -- Efforts to remove German footprints in Milwaukee neighborhoods -- Restoring Milwaukee's German essence.
The German-Americans
Title | The German-Americans PDF eBook |
Author | La Vern J. Rippley |
Publisher | Boston : Twayne Publishers |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Represents the German-American experience in the United States. Provides a German-American Chronology section to assist with orientation in historical time. Includes some of the key events in the history of Germany.
Immigrant Milwaukee, 1836-1860
Title | Immigrant Milwaukee, 1836-1860 PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen Neils Conzen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The German-language Press in America
Title | The German-language Press in America PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Frederick Wittke |
Publisher | Lexington, U. of Kentucky P |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | German-American newspapers |
ISBN |
The German-American Radical Press
Title | The German-American Radical Press PDF eBook |
Author | Elliott Shore |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | German-American newspapers |
ISBN | 9780252018305 |
Wilhelm Weitling, one of the many German radicals who fled into exile after 1848, noted in the New York newspaper he founded that "everyone wants to put out a little paper". The 48ers and those who came after them strengthened their immigrant culture with a seemingly endless stream of newspapers, magazines, and calendars. In these Kampfblatter, or newspapers of the struggle, German immigrant journalists preached socialism, organized labor, and free thought. These "little papers" were the forerunners of a press that would remain influential for nearly a century. From the several perspectives of the new labor history, this volume emphasizes the importance of the German-American radical press to an understanding of American social history in the age of industrialism and illuminates the complexities of the interaction of immigrant radicalism and American culture. Chicago's German-language socialist weekly, Der Vorbote, claimed in 1880 that "the history of the workers' movement in the United States is at the same time the history of the workers' press". Hyperbolic perhaps, but to judge by the energy and resources German-American radicals devoted to their press, many immigrants agreed. The radical movement in the United States met with problems as well as support. Language and culture frequently divided the radicals, and class considerations splintered the German-American community. Cultural radicals like Robert Reitzel and Ludwig Lore ran afoul of rank-and-file taste or party discipline; attempts by the New Yorker Volkszeitung to coach women on proper socialist positions resulted in bitter arguments over the importance of woman suffrage and pacifism. At the same time, social movements thatcut across ethnic lines weakened the power of a foreign-language press within the community, as immigrants began to identify with a movement rather than a language. Contributors to this volume explore these and other issues, while correcting the bias in histories of radicalism which rely on English-language sources and thus ignore the competing visions of immigrant radicals.