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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Zeitlin, Richard H. |
| Title, Monographic | Germans in Wisconsin |
| Edition or Version | Revised and expanded edition |
| Place of Publication | Madison, WI |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Date of Publication | 2000 |
| Extent of Work | 72 pp., ill. |
| Abstract | Between 1820 and 1910, nearly five and a half million German-speaking immigrants came to the United States in search of new lives and opportunities. Wisconsin was a major destination, with its rich farmlands and rising cities attracting three waves of immigrants from German-speaking lands. This book traces Wisconsin's German population from territorial days to the arrival of the intellectual "48ers" before the Civil War; helping found the Republican, Progressive, and various socialist and workers' parties; their roles as farmers and city folk, businesspeople and factory workers; and the devastating effect of the World Wars on German American culture. Today's ethnic culture, with its beer, brats, and polka bands, bears little relationship to the real thing in Germany, but has become distinctly "Wisconsin." |
| Call Number | MKI F 590 .G3 Z4 2000 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Wisconsin/ History/ Culture/ Ethnic identity |