UID:
edocfu_9959834891102883
Format:
1 online resource (384 p.) :
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16 color/37 b&w illustrations/1 map
ISBN:
9780271061009
Series Statement:
Max Kade Research Institute: Germans Beyond Europe
Content:
In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides—printed single sheets—produced by the Pennsylvania German community. These broadsides covered topics ranging from local controversies and politics to devotional poems and hymns. Each one is a product of and reaction to a particular historical setting. To understand them fully, Wellenreuther systematically reconstructs Pennsylvania’s print culture, the material conditions of life, the problems German settlers faced, the demands their communities made on the individual settlers, the complications to be overcome, and the needs to be satisfied. He shows how these broadsides provided advice, projections, and comment on phases of life from cradle to grave.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Illustrations --
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Preface and Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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One. The German-American Printing World --
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Two. The German-American Secular World --
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Three. Praying and Reading: House Devotions of German Settlers --
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Four. Pennsylvania Politics and German Political Broadsides, 1730–1830 --
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Conclusion --
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Appendix A: Georg Hohmann’s Broadsides --
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Appendix B: Statistical Tables --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780271061009
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271061009
