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| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Hansen, Brenda Schaeffer |
| Title | "God is listening only to the English tongue": Anti-German sentiment in Davenport and Scott County, Iowa, 1848-1919 |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | M.A. Thesis (History) -- University of Nebraska at Kearney) |
| Date | 2016 |
| Extent of Work | xi, 152 pages |
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| Abstract | Anti-German sentiment had a profound effect on the German community in Davenport and Scott County, Iowa. Until the early twentieth century, their subculture was an inherent part of their private and public lives. With the advent of the First World War, German Americans became the enemy on the Homefront. In Davenport, vigilance prevailed and members of this ethnic group were persecuted personally and legally. Any perceived lack of patriotism met with hostility. The use of German was banned in schools, in churches, and in public, and coercive tactics were employed to stifle all other forms of German expression. By the early 1920s, most Davenport and Scott County Germans Americans chose to either maintain their German heritage privately or fully assimilate. |
| Call Number | Digital file |
| MKI Terms | Anti-German sentiment/ Prohibition/ Davenport, Iowa/ Scott County, Iowa/ German-Americans/ Nativism/ 19th century history/ 20th century history |