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Contented among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island) - Softcover
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German-Americans make up one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, yet their very success at assimilating has also made them one of the least visible. Contented among Strangers examines the central role German-speaking women in rural areas of the Midwest played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity. Even while living far from their original homelands, these women applied traditional European patterns of rural family life and values to their new homes in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. As a result they were more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections--including interesting diary material translated by the author, church and community documents, and migration and census data--Pickle reveals the diversity and richness of the women's experiences.
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Linda Schelbitzki Pickle is professor of German and chair of the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri.
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Contented among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island)
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Pictorial Softcover. Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1st printing. Pictorial Stiff Wraps, Paperback. A FINE, bright, clean, tight copy. "German Americans make up one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, yet their very success at assimilating has also made them one of the least visible. What were their experiences? What cultural baggage did they bring with them, and how did it affect their lives in America? How did the German-speaking immigrants differ among themselves, and how did these differences influence their behavior and reactions? 'Contented among Strangers' attempts to answer these questions". ILLUSTRATED in archival black and white photographs with accompanying descriptive captions. 311 pages. GP12. Seller Inventory # 020067
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Contented among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest (Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series)
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