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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicLuebke, Frederick C.
Title, MonographicGermans in the New World: Essays in the history of immigration
Place of PublicationUrbana
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
Date of Publication1990
Extent of Work198
Series TitleStatue of Liberty--Ellis Island Centennial series
ISBN0-252-01680-7
AbstractIn this history of German immigrants in the United States and Brazil, Frederick Luebke ranges from institutional and state history to broadly comparative studies on an intercontinental scale. He also examines recent historiographical trends in immigration and German-American history. Contents: The Immigrant Condition as a Factor Contributing to the Conservatism of the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod --- The German-American Alliance in Nebraska, 1910-17 --- Legal Restrictions on Foreign Languages in the Great Plains States, 1917-23 --- German-American Leadership Strategies Between the World Wars --- German Immigrants and American Politics: Problems of leadership, Parties, and Issues --- Patterns of German Settlement in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930 --- Images of German Immigrants in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930 --- The German Ethnic Group in Brazil: The Ordeal of World War I --- Turnerism, Social History, and the Historiography of European Ethnic Groups in the United States --- Three Centuries of Germans in America.
NotesReview in "German Studies Review", Vol. 13 No.3, Oct. 1990, pp. 515-16 ; book, in MadCat
Call NumberMKI/SHS E 184 .G3 L9 1990
MKI TermsImmigrants, German/ History/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)