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| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Dobbert, Guido Andre |
| Title | The Disintegration of an Immigrant Community : the Cincinnati Germans, 1870-1920 |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | Ph.D -- University of Chicago |
| Date | 1965 |
| Extent of Work | iii, 442 pages |
| URL | |
| Abstract | ". . . the German community, at least in Cincinnati, was moribund before the [First World] war had even begun in Europe . . . the war served only to heighten its agony." Prohibition and influenza also played a role in the community's demise. In addition, "the community's physical disintegration showed itself not only biologically in the decrease of new blood coming from Germany, but also geographically in its members being spread increasingly thin over an ever-expanding metropolitan area, [leading] to a physical separation of the community's elite from its rank and file." |
| Call Number | Digital file (PDF) |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Ohio/ Cincinnati (Ohio)/ Ethnic identity/ Anti-German sentiment/ World War, 1914-1918/ Immigrants, German |