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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Bergquist, James M. |
| Title, Analytic | German-America in the 1890's: Illusions and Realities |
| Author, Monographic | McCormick, E. Allen |
| Title, Monographic | Germans in America |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Date of Publication | 1983 |
| Location in Work | 1-14 |
| Abstract | About the three periods of emigration, early 1770s, mid-1850 till the end of the American civil war. German emigrants and their hopes and illusions. German immigration from the end of the Civil War to the 1880's served to bolster previously German-inhabited areas. After reaching a peak of 2.7 million in 1890, the German-born populations and the German-American organizations associated with them began to decline slowly, serving the goal of cultural preservation. German-American institutions also narrowed in focus, becoming unable to serve all of those of German descent or even those German-born. Thus, the turn of the century saw a gradual decline in the cohesiveness of the German-American community. |
| Call Number | MKI/SHS E 183.8 .G3 G475 1983 |
| MKI Terms | Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Immigrants, German |