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Author:

Kirschbaum, Erik, author.

Title:

Burning Beethoven : the eradication of German culture in the United States during World War I / Erick Kirschbaum.

Publisher:

Berlinica,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Propaganda, American--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda.
German Americans--History--20th century.
United States--Social policy--20th century.
German Americans--Public opinion--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--German Americans.
World War, 1914-1918--Evacuation of civilians--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-168).

Contents:

The lynching of Robert Paul Prager -- On a mission to spread German kultur -- Beginning of the end: the vanishing German -- Bombs, bullets, and the rape of Belgium -- 500,000 lamposts to hang German-Americans -- Hate and censorship: the end of the German press -- War on the Hun dialect: no German in schools -- Liberty cabbage and slaughtered dachshunds -- Banning Beethoven: the howl of the cave man -- Tarred, feathered, and killed.

ISBN:

1935902857
9781935902850

OCLC:

(OCoLC)918900822

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)