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Title:

A peculiar mixture : German-language cultures and identities in eighteenth-century North America / edited by Jan Stievermann and Oliver Scheiding.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

vi, 284 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Germans--North America--History--18th century.
Germans--North America--Ethnic identity.
German Americans--History--18th century.
German Americans--Ethnic identity.
North America--History--History--18th century.
Germany--History--History--18th century.

Other Authors:

Stievermann, Jan.
Scheiding, Oliver.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

9. Pennsylvania German Taufscheine and revolutionary America: cultural history and interpreting identity / Liam Riordan. 2. Information brokers and mediators: the role of diplomats in the migrations of German-speaking people, 1709-1711 / Rosalind J. Beiler -- 3. The Palatine immigrants of 1710 and the Native Americans / Philip Otterness -- 4. Of dwelling houses, painted chests, and stove plates: what material culture tells us about the Palatines in early New York / Cynthia G. Falk -- 5. (Re)discovering the German-language literature of colonial America / Patrick M. Erben -- 6. "Runs, creeks, and rivers join": the correspondence network of Gotthilf Henry Ernst Mühlenberg / Matthias Schönhofer -- 7. Divergent paths: processes of identity formation among German speakers, 1730-1760 / Marie Basile McDaniel -- 8. Defining the limits of American liberty: Pennsylvania's German peace churches during the Revolution / Jan Stievermann -- 9. Pennsylvania German Taufscheine and revolutionary America: cultural history and interpreting identity / Liam Riordan.

Summary:

"A collection of essays that explore the transatlantic German cultures and identities of the colonial period"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

The Max Kade German American Research Institute series

ISBN:

0271059494 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271059495 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)818659844

LCCN:

2012044625

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)