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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Gueney, Uelkue |
| Title, Analytic | German Ethnic Identity in Chicago Before and During the First World War |
| Journal Title | Edebiyar Fakueltesi Dergisis / Journal of Faculty of Letters (Hacettepe University) |
| Date of Publication | June 2015 |
| Volume ID | 32 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 151-162 |
| View Online | https://trdizin.gov.tr/publication/paper/detail/TVRjMU9Ua3dNQT09 |
| Abstract | In the 19th century, disappointed by the failed Revolution of 1848, many Germans including artisans and intellectuals immigrated to the USA. One of the particular destinations for this transatlantic mass migration was the newly developing city of Chicago. German immigrants were able to cope with the challenges of immigration and also became a powerful ethnic group that established its own cultural institutions and shaped the social and political landscape. The most important factor that efficiently preserved the German culture was the German language press. The German press not only enabled the continuation of the German language for German immigrants but also facilitated, along with the German schools, the spreading and broadening influence of German culture. With the outbreak of the WWI, however, and the entry of the USA in the War as an opponent of Germany, the anti-German sentiment of other ethnic populations and the ruling classes became hostile. The nationalistic attitude of Germans and their support for Germany put them into a conflict of loyalty. The price they paid for their strong attachment to their culture and for their loyalty to their country of origin turned out to be the loss of strong German cultural influence in Chicago. This article aims to disclose the process of the construction and dissolution of German ethnic identity in Chicago by means of tracing the German language press. The empirical material that is used in the study includes selected articles, reports and announcements from original newspapers in German language. The time period of the quoted newspapers covers publications in Chicago from the 1870s through the end of the First World War. |
| Notes | Ülkü Güney; Fakültesi |
| Call Number | MKI P2019-14 |
| MKI Terms | German-American press/ German Americans -- Illinois/ Chicago (Ill.)/ Ethnic identity/ Language, German (US) |