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| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Stoll, Peter Frederick |
| Title | German-American "Ethnicity" and "Ego Identity" |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | Dissertation -- State University of New York at Albany |
| Date | 1984 |
| Extent of Work | 257 pp. |
| Abstract | In the early 60's the sociological study of ethnic phenomena underwent a major conceptual and theoretical shift when it was discovered that the ethnic group continued to persist structurally although ethnics had adopted Anglo-American cultural norms and patterns of behavior. Earlier predictions which had forecast the ethnic group's complete assimilation were now contradicted. The process of assimilation was identified as the movement of an ethnic minority toward the dominant host society and it was believed that, once begun, this process was inevitable. The purpose of this study is to identify, describe, and analyze the relationship between "ethnicity" and "ego identity" in a selected sample of German-Americans. The specific problems to be investigated are 1) to identify and analyze the recurring conscious and unconscious ethnic ideological themes used in identity formation; 2) to determine and analyze the relationship between these ethnic themes and identifications and the following variables: time, as indicated by successive generations, and place, as indicated by place of residence; and 3) to test the significance of the relationship between the ethnic themes and identifications of German-Americans and non-German-Americans. |
| Notes | UMI, printed in 1988 |
| Call Number | MKI/SHS E184.G3 S8 1988 (UMI edition); shelved with MKI dissertations |
| MKI Terms | Assimilation/ Ethnic groups -- German-speaking/ Ethnic identity/ Ethnicity/ German Americans |