Citizens in a Strange Land

A Study of German-American Broadsides and Their Meaning for Germans in North America, 1730–1830

AvHermann Wellenreuther

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Max Kade Research Institute

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Beskrivning

In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides—printed single sheets—produced by the Pennsylvania German community. These broadsides covered topics ranging from local controversies and politics to devotional poems and hymns. Each one is a product of and reaction to a particular historical setting. To understand them fully, Wellenreuther systematically reconstructs Pennsylvania’s print culture, the material conditions of life, the problems German settlers faced, the demands their communities made on the individual settlers, the complications to be overcome, and the needs to be satisfied. He shows how these broadsides provided advice, projections, and comment on phases of life from cradle to grave.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-08-05
Mått:178 x 254 x 33 mm
Vikt:975 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Max Kade Research Institute
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271059372

Utforska kategorier

Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Hermann Wellenreuther is Professor Emeritus at the Georg-August University in Göttingen.

Recensioner i media

“Through his analysis of these prints, Wellenreuther provides new insights into the social, political, and religious history of the largest non-Anglophone minority in colonial, revolutionary, and young republican America. As a bonus to its scholarly value, the book is also an enjoyable read.”—Gerald Theodore Macdonald Journal of Moravian History

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1The German-American Printing World2The German-American Secular World3Praying and Reading: House Devotions of German Settlers4Pennsylvania Politics and German Political Broadsides, 1730–1830ConclusionAppendix A: Georg Hohmann’s BroadsidesAppendix B: Statistical TablesNotesBibliographyIndex