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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Wilkerson, Miranda E.// Richmond, Heather |
| Title, Monographic | Germans in Illinois |
| Place of Publication | Carbondale, IL |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Date of Publication | c2019 |
| Extent of Work | xi, 218 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Address/Availability | OCLC 1038398290 |
| ISBN | 9780809337217 |
| Abstract | Contents: Nineteenth-century German immigration and settlement -- Sidebar : Grays vs. Greens -- Side stories -- A German state in the upper Mississippi Valley -- Gustav Körner -- The journey to Illinois -- Side stories -- Cornelius Schubert : diary of a journey -- New York Immigration Commission report on the Leibnitz -- Rural and urban living -- Side stories -- Observations of industrial working conditions -- Chicago's brewing industry -- Nativism, politics, and the Civil War -- Side stories -- Friedrich Hecker -- Lincoln, liberty, and the Know Nothings -- The Haymarket Affair -- Cultural and institutional life -- Sidebar : Georg Bunsen -- Side story : On the shift from German to English -- World War I and its aftermath -- Side stories -- Protecting English, promoting Americanism : Better Speech Week -- The hanging of Robert Prager -- Heritage and linguistic landscape today -- Side story : German effects on English in the Midwest. |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Call Number | MKI F 550 .G3 W55 2019 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Illinois/ History/ Cultural influence/ Social aspects/ Biographies |