Format:
VIII, 183 S
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23 cm
ISBN:
9783034302210
Series Statement:
German life and civilization Vol. 54
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: An expansive and expanding field / Cora Lee Kluge and Mark L. LoudenForced out of Hitler's Reich : five eminent Madisonians / Jost Hermand -- Elvis and other Germans : some reflections and modest proposals on the study of German-American ethnicity / Walter D. Kamphoefner -- "That species of property" : Francis Lieber's encounter with slavery and race / Hartmut Keil -- Sealsfield's Das Kajütenbuch : the half-unfolded spring of German and American literature / Hugh Ridley -- Taking stock : the disappearance of German-American literature? / Lorie A. Vanchena -- German-American dialects on different paths to extinction : examples from Haysville, Indiana and New Ulm, Minnesota / Daniel Nützel -- Performing the American myth by speaking German : changing meanings of ethnic identity between the wars / Steven Hoelscher -- Situating natural hazards in German-American studies / Uwe Lübken -- Advancing German-American studies in the digital age : opportunities for collaboration / Louis A. Pitschmann.
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Introduction: An expansive and expanding field
,
Forced out of Hitler's Reich : five eminent Madisonians
,
Elvis and other Germans : some reflections and modest proposals on the study of German-American ethnicity
,
"That species of property" : Francis Lieber's encounter with slavery and race
,
Sealsfield's Das Kajütenbuch : the half-unfolded spring of German and American literature
,
Taking stock : the disappearance of German-American literature?
,
German-American dialects on different paths to extinction : examples from Haysville, Indiana and New Ulm, Minnesota
,
Performing the American myth by speaking German : changing meanings of ethnic identity between the wars
,
Situating natural hazards in German-American studies
,
Advancing German-American studies in the digital age : opportunities for collaboration
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
USA
;
Deutsche
;
Geschichte
;
Englisch
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Deutsche
;
Konferenzschrift
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