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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Ortlepp, Anke |
| Title, Analytic | 'Aus dem Wiedischen Land': Emigration from the Westerwald to Wisconsin |
| Author, Monographic | Bungert, Heike//Kluge, Cora Lee//Ostergren, Robert C. |
| Title, Monographic | Wisconsin German Land and Life |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Publisher | Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2006 |
| Location in Work | 3-36, ill. |
| Abstract | This essay focuses on emigrants from the Westerwald who settled in the Dodge County communities of Reeseville and Lowell, exploring the lives they had led before their emigration. It investigates the living conditions they had left behind, taking into consideration such variables as community structure, economic situation as reflected in landholdings, land use and farming practices, geography and climate, division of labor on farms, and farm architecture. I argue that, given the harsh realities of making a living on a farm in their German homeland, people left the Westerwald mostly for economic reasons and carried with them the hope that they would improve their lot once they had resettled in Wisconsin. |
| Call Number | MKI F590 G3 W573 2006 |
| MKI Terms | Wisconsin/ Farm life/ Land ethic/ Agriculture/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Rheinland-Pfalz/ Hesse/ Westphalia/ Wisconsin -- Dodge County/ Architecture |