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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Luick-Thrams, Michael |
| Title, Monographic | Hidden or forbidden no more : prequels to the "Greatest Generation," 1914-39 |
| Place of Publication | [St. Paul, Mn.] |
| Publisher | TRACES Center for History and Culture in the Midwest and Spuren in Germany |
| Date of Publication | 2020 |
| Extent of Work | 29 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm |
| Contents | Introduction to the Kaiser, the Killer, Whiskey Cookers, the Klan and Cow Wars -- The Kaiser: 1.1 Kickin' the Krauts: Anti-German backstories -- 1.2 The sowing of Anti-German hysteria on America's homefront, 1914-17 -- 1.3 The fruits of Anti-German hate in the heart of America, 1917-1918 -- 1.4 A "majority-minority" disappears: German-American culture after 1918 -- The Killer: 2.1 An invisible stalk: outbreak of the influenza Pandemic of 1918 -- 2.2 The Grimmest Reaper: The Scope of the Influenza Pandemic in 1918-1919 -- Whiskey Cookers: 3.1 "Gentlemen Bootleggers" in America's Heartland, 1918-33 -- 3.2 The Whiskey Cookers: Desperate Farmers and Hidden Stills, 1918-1933 -- The Klan: 4.1 America's White Cancer: Roots of the KKK's "Second Wave," 1865-1915 -- 4.2 The cancer metastasizes: impacts of the KKK's "Second Wave," 1915-1945 -- 4.3 Cultivating Civil courage: dragging darkness into the light, 2003 to the present -- 4.3 Cultivating civil courage: dragging darkness into the light, 2003 to the present -- Cow wars: 5.1 Smoldering prairie fires: the roots of Farmer rebellions, 1918-31 -- 5.2 A conflagration erupts: the fruits of farmer rebellions, 1931-39 -- Conclusions about and questions arising from the Kaiser, the Killer, Whiskey Cookers, the Klan and Cow wars -- Oceans of darkness and light have long been shaped America's Heartland. |
| Abstract | "Looks at five sub-stories behind the overall saga of the social influences that shaped a much-mythologized generation. Made famous and later revered as people who witnessed the First World War, survived the Great Depression while building together the New Deal, fought the Second World War, drove the postwar boom and even landed on the moon, the "Greatest" also had shadow sides. This exhibit and catalog examine 1) the anti-German hysteria of WWI; 2) 1918's global flu pandemic; 3) Midwest bootleggers during Prohibition; 4) the so-called "Second Wave" of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s; and 5) "Cow Wars" that arose out of the mass unemployment of the Great Depression. While it might seem that we are putting our [great-/grand-]parents under a microscope or "on the couch," this story is really about all of us. By dissecting the world that shaped our ancestors, we better know ourselves--their descendants. With greater understanding of our families' and our roles in creating the status quo, we can better change it. Owning our personal assumptions and privileges allows us to withdraw from unconscious "living" that impinges or endangers those around us--especially non-whites or those dis-empowered by our power." |
| Call Number | P2022-7 |
| MKI Terms | Anti-German sentiment/ United States -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945/ National characteristics, American/ United States -- Social conditions -- 1914-1945/ World War, 1939-1945 -- Social conditions -- Exhibitions |