This work traces Wisconsin's German population from the territorial days to the arrival of the intellectual "49ers", and the devastating effect of the World Wars on German American culture. Today's ethnic culture bears little relationship to Germany, but has instead become distinctly "Wisconsin".
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Richard H. Zeitlin was born in New York City in 1945. He did his undergraduate work at Queens College and earned both a master's degree and a doctorate in history at the University of Wisconsin, the latter in 1973. He worked for Old World Wisconsin, the State Historical Society's outdoor ethnic musuem, between 1973 and 1977. He served as director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on Madison's Capitol Square until his death in December of 2008.
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. 2nd printing, 1984. (German Immigrants, Wisconsin, History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Seller Inventory # G07OS-00209