The Story Of The Pennsylvania Germans

Author : Simon J. Bronner,Joshua R. Brown
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421421384

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Pennsylvania Germans by Simon J. Bronner,Joshua R. Brown Pdf

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Pennsylvania German Studies -- PART 1 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY -- 1. The Old World Background -- 2. To the New World: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- 3. Communities and Identities: Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries -- PART 2 CULTURE AND SOCIETY -- 4. The Pennsylvania German Language -- 5. Language Use among Anabaptist Groups -- 6. Religion -- 7. The Amish -- 8. Literature -- 9. Agriculture and Industries -- 10. Architecture and Cultural Landscapes -- 11. Furniture and Decorative Arts -- 12. Fraktur and Visual Culture -- 13. Textiles -- 14. Food and Cooking -- 15. Medicine -- 16. Folklore and Folklife -- 17. Education -- 18. Heritage and Tourism -- 19. Popular Culture and Media -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Color plates follow page

Author : William Beidelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Germans
ISBN : PRNC:32101072317207

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The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans by William Beidelman Pdf

Author : Steven M. Nolt
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271021997

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Foreigners in Their Own Land by Steven M. Nolt Pdf

Historians of the early Republic are just beginning to tell the stories of the period&’s ethnic minorities. In Foreigners in Their Own Land, Steven M. Nolt is the first to add the story of the Pennsylvania Germans to that larger mosaic, showing how they came to think of themselves as quintessential Americans and simultaneously constructed a durable sense of ethnicity. The Lutheran and Reformed Pennsylvania German populations of eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the Appalachian backcountry successfully combined elements of their Old World tradition with several emerging versions of national identity. Many took up democratic populist rhetoric to defend local cultural particularity and ethnic separatism. Others wedded certain American notions of reform and national purpose to Continental traditions of clerical authority and idealized German virtues. Their experience illustrates how creating and defending an ethnic identity can itself be a way of becoming American. Though they would maintain a remarkably stable and identifiable subculture well into the twentieth century, Pennsylvania Germans were, even by the eve of the Civil War, the most &"inside&" of &"outsiders.&" They represent the complex and often paradoxical ways in which many Americans have managed the process of assimilation to their own advantage. Given their pioneering role in that process, their story illuminates the path that other immigrants and ethnic Americans would travel in the decades to follow.

Author : Benjamin Rush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : German Americans
ISBN : UOMDLP:afj8600:0001.001

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An Account of the Manners of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania by Benjamin Rush Pdf

Author : Edwin Miller Fogel
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271045108

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Proverbs of the Pennsylvania Germans by Edwin Miller Fogel Pdf

Author : Julius Friedrich Sachse
Publisher : Philadelphia, Printed for the author
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Germans
ISBN : NYPL:33433081789731

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The German Pietists of Provincial Pennsylvania by Julius Friedrich Sachse Pdf

Author : Tandy Hersh,Charles Hersh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:30000022649002

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Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans by Tandy Hersh,Charles Hersh Pdf

Author : Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271053868

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The Pennsylvania-German in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards Pdf

"Examines the achievements of the Pennsylvania Germans during the Revolutionary War era, in both civilian and military occupations. Originally published by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1908" --Provided by publisher.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0271047437

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Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America by Anonim Pdf

How did a mid-eighteenth-century group, the so-called Pennsylvania Germans, build their cultural identity in the face of ethnic stereotyping, nostalgic ideals, and the views imposed by outside contemporaries? Numerous forces create a group's identity, including the views of outsiders, insiders, and the shaping pressure of religious beliefs, but to understand the process better, we must look to clues from material culture. Cynthia Falk explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and their descendants. Such material culture has been the basis of stereotyping Pennsylvania Germans almost since their arrival. Falk warns us against the typical scholarly overemphasis on Pennsylvania Germans' assimilation into an English way of life. Rather, she demonstrates that more than anything, socioeconomic status and religious affiliation influenced the character of the material culture of Pennsylvania Germans. Her work also shows how early Pennsylvania Germans defined their own identities.

Author : David L. Valuska,Christian B. Keller
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0811700747

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Damn Dutch by David L. Valuska,Christian B. Keller Pdf

Highlights the Pennsylvania Dutch regiments and post-1820 immigrant Germans at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Author : Millen Brand
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1567920764

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Fields of Peace: a Pennsylvania German Album by Millen Brand Pdf

A photographic study of the Pennsylvania Germans (mistakenly named Pennsylvania Dutch), portraying the people, their homes, farms, cultural background and customs.

Author : William Beidelman
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015308112

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The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans; Embracing an Account of Their Origin, Their History, and Their Dialect by William Beidelman Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jan Stievermann,Oliver Scheiding
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271063003

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A Peculiar Mixture by Jan Stievermann,Oliver Scheiding Pdf

Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, religious, and denominational divides and eventually find a way to partake in America’s emerging national identity. Instead of thinking about early American culture and literature as evolving continuously as a singular entity, the contributions to this volume conceive of it as an ever-shifting and tangled “web of contact zones.” They present a society with a plurality of different native and colonial cultures interacting not only with one another but also with cultures and traditions from outside the colonies, in a “peculiar mixture” of Old World practices and New World influences. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Rosalind J. Beiler, Patrick M. Erben, Cynthia G. Falk, Marie Basile McDaniel, Philip Otterness, Liam Riordan, Matthias Schönhofer, and Marianne S. Wokeck.

Author : Earl C. Haag
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0945636008

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A Pennsylvania German Anthology by Earl C. Haag Pdf

This comprehensive anthology of original Pennsylvania German writings makes accessible a literature that is becoming increasingly rare. The Buffington/Barba system of German sound values has been applied to help the reader understand and appreciate the selections, which provide a view to virtually every facet of Pennsylvania German life.

Author : Dennis Boyer
Publisher : Badger Books LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ghost stories, American
ISBN : 1932542094

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Once Upon a Hex by Dennis Boyer Pdf

Stories from Germany's Rhine valley, Switzerland's cantons, and France's Alsace all play a part in shaping the lore of America's most enduring ethnic minority: the Pennsylvania Germans. Boyer, a folk tale collector, reveals the ghosts and spirits that are part of this almost forgotten culture.