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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticTrommler, Frank
Title, AnalyticEstablishing German-American Studies in the Nineteenth Century: a Philadelphia Story
Journal TitleYearbook of German-American Studies
Date of Publication2017
Volume ID52
Location in Work25-42
View Onlinehttps://doi.org/10.17161/ygas.v52i
AbstractBuilding on the "invention of ethnicity" (Kathleen Conzen) as an effort by German-American leaders to overcome ethnic insecurity, this paper traces the anchoring of German-American identity in ancestry and tradition, and a scholarly understanding of that history.
NotesIncludes bibliographical references.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman-American Studies/ Genealogy/ 19th century