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Germans in Illinois
Title
Germans in Illinois / Miranda E. Wilkerson and Heather Richmond.
ISBN
9780809337217
0809337215
9780809337224
Publication
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
xi, 218 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary
This engaging history of one of the largest ethnic groups in Illinois explores the influence and experiences of German immigrants and their descendants from their arrival in the middle of the nineteenth century to their heritage identity today--back cover.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
Contents
Nineteenth-century German immigration and settlement
Sidebar : Grays vs. Greens
Side stories
A German state in the upper Mississippi Valley
Gustav Körner
The journey to Illinois
Side stories
Cornelius Schubert : diary of a journey
New York Immigration Commission report on the Leibnitz
Rural and urban living
Side stories
Observations of industrial working conditions
Chicago's brewing industry
Nativism, politics, and the Civil War
Side stories
Friedrich Hecker
Lincoln, liberty, and the Know Nothings
The Haymarket Affair
Cultural and institutional life
Sidebar : Georg Bunsen
Side story : On the shift from German to English
World War I and its aftermath
Side stories
Protecting English, promoting Americanism : Better Speech Week
The hanging of robert prager
Heritage and linguistic landscape today
Side story : German effects on English in the Midwest.
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