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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticHuebner, Andreas
Title, AnalyticGermans of Louisiana. Off to Louisiana: Colonial Louisiana's Early German-American History
Journal TitleSociety for German-American Studies Newsletter
Date of PublicationDec. 2012
Volume ID33
Issue ID3
Location in Work[2-6]
Language or Document Typepp., ill.
ISSN0741-5753
AbstractFrom the conclusion: "Instead of focusing on the sufferings and industriousness, or the contributions and success of the Germans [in 18-century colonial Louisiana], future scholarship should strongly concentrate on groups that are inextricably linked with the history of the Germans of Louisiana: African-Americans and American Indians . . .; utilize approaches such as Gender Studies to review images of women as 'diligent housewives and mothers'; . . . [and] discuss the history of the Germans in Circum-Caribbean, Atlantic, and Trans-Atlantic perspectives. Different projects might, for example, investigate how notions of 'Germans' or 'Germanness' were produced in exchange between colonial and metropolitan agents and administrations; [or] explore how German farmers of colonial Louisiana were embedded into networks of French and Spanish mercantilism and capitalism."
NotesIncludes bibliographical references.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Louisiana/ History/ 18th century/ Women/ Stereotypes