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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"German-Americans"”.
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"Nothing to Fear from the Influence of Foreigners:" The Patriotism of Richmond's German-Americans during the Civil War
Before and during the Civil War, Richmond's German-Americans were divided by their diverse politics, economic interests, cultures, and religions. Some exhibited Confederate sentiments and others Unionist. At the start of the war, scores of Richmond's German-born men volunteered for Confederate …
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Henry Albach, editor and agitator, 1914-1918
… in turn-of-the-century Lawrence, Kansas: the German-Americans and the Democrats. The son of a German immigrant who had fled Germany after the failure of the democratic revolution of 1848, Albach felt close ties to both the German people and to the Democratic party. Although trained in law, …
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The U.S. Government's Investigation of E.B. Stahlman as an Enemy Alien: A Case Study of Nativism in Nashville
… the Nashville Banner, Edward Bushrod Stahlman, a German immigrant, made many enemies. Stahlman's constant feuding with Luke Lea, who owned the rival Nashville Tennessean, led to an investigation of his citizenship during World War I. Hatred of Germans was at a fever pitch and not only did the …
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The Rise and Impact of Anti-German Sentiment In Iowa 1917-1921
… to find out exactly what happened to the German-Americans in Iowa in 1917-1921 and suggests reasons for the difficulties they experienced. The procedure. the Des Moines Register served as a starting point as did many secondary works dealing with the period. Scanning the paper provided the …
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Strauss and the City: The Reception of Richard Strauss’s Salome, Elektra, and Der Rosenkavalier within New York City, 1907–1934
… the Atlantic, Richard Strauss was emerging as Germany’s preeminent composer. The city and Strauss, although seemingly unrelated, were more intertwined than it would at first appear. This study examines this connection through a reception history of Strauss’s <em>Salome</em>, <em>Elektra</em>, …
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Germans on the Western Waters: Artisans, Material Culture, and Hybridity in Virginia's Backcountry, 1780-1830
… examines the socioeconomic lives of artisans of German descent who worked within Wythe County, Virginia from 1780 to 1830. It is particularly concerned with how a distinct German-American culture manifests over time as seen through these artisans' produced materials and structures. This thesis …
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Conflict and Reconciliation: Representations of Christianity in Contemporary Native American Literature by Women
… building between American Indians and Catholic German-Americans; Glancy creates community by giving voice to both Native and non-Native Christians who have been silenced in the past; and Harjo calls for an expansive community that grows across cultural and religious boundaries, resulting in …
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A Social History of the Brooklyn Irish, 1850-1900
… tend to portray all nineteenth century Irish Americans as either an undifferentiated mass of unskilled proletarians or as nouveau riche "lace curtain" aristocrats when significant variation clearly existed? In Philadelphia, Detroit and Brooklyn, at least 30 percent of Irish-born male workers …
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Der Ring des Nibelungen in the New World: the American performance and reception of Wagner's Cycle, 1850-1903
… of the vital transatlantic relationship between Germany and the U.S. that brought about the rise and dissemination of German musical culture—and in particular, Wagner’s music—in the New World during this period. The chapters of the dissertation focus on two chief facilitators of this development: …
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Stars, stripes, and swastikas : the American Turners and national identity, 1935-1945
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Competing Narratives: St. Louis Journalism During the Secession Crisis, 1860-1861
Public opinion was a major factor in deciding whether Missourians supported the Union or Confederacy during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. This study analyzes the role of the St. Louis press during the secession crisis, December 1860 to May 1861, to determine the relationship between newspaper …