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FormatBook Chapter
Author, AnalyticBrinkmann, Tobias
Title, AnalyticThe Dialectics of Ethnic Identity: German Jews in Chicago, 1850-1870
Author, MonographicHelbich, Wolfgang//Kamphoefner, Walter D.
Title, MonographicGerman-American Immigration and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective
Place of PublicationMadison, WI
PublisherMax Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date of Publication2004
Location in Work44-68
AbstractFrom the conclusion: "The case of Jewish immigrants in Chicago illustrates that for Jewish immigrants in mid-nineteenth-century America the concept of Germanness must be analyzed on several different levels. . . . The term 'German Jews' should, therefore, be used cautiously. The case studies indicate that 'Germanness',' 'Jewishness,' and 'Americanness' were closely related."
NotesPaper originally presented at a conference at Texas A&M University, Apr. 1997.
Call NumberE 184 .G3 G295 2004
MKI TermsJews, German/ Cultural influence/ Cultural contribution/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Ethnic groups -- German-speaking/ Ethnic identity/ Communities/ Chicago (Ill.)/ Societies, etc.