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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Iverson, Noel |
| Title, Monographic | Germania, U.S.A.: Social Change in New Ulm, Minnesota |
| Place of Publication | Minneapolis |
| Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
| Date of Publication | 1966 |
| Abstract | 'Germania, U.S.A.' presents a fusion of ethnic and status community analysis while at the same time it attempts to sharpen the distinction between class and status. It also departs from the usual study of the ethnic community in America in two respects: Germania (New Ulm, Minnesota) was founded in the countryside by a group of comparitively highly placed immigrants (most ethnic communities grew up in large cities and comprised low-placed foreigners); Germania's founders soon re-formed into an upper status subcommunity (the assimilation of an ethnic community has usually led to its dissolution; the formation of a status community is an unusual outcome of assimilation). (from preface) The author shows why the Turners founded Germania as an ethnic community in the first place and examines how they emerged as the top status group of the community. |
| Notes | ; book, in MadCat. |
| Call Number | MKI/SHS HN 80 .N47 I9 1966 |
| MKI Terms | New Ulm (Minn.)/ History/ Social aspects/ German Americans -- Minnesota/ Turners |