The Germans of Roberts Cove, Louisiana: German Rice Cultivation and the Making of a German-American Community in Acadia Parish, 1881-1917

The Germans of Geilenkirchen-Hengesburg region of Germany were convinced by relative and friend, Father Peter Leonard Thevis, of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, to emigrate to the United States for a number of reasons: political, religious, and economic. After establishing themselves on land previously used for grazing cattle, the Germans soon discovered rice could easily be cultivated in large amounts. Along with their success as rice farmers in Roberts Cove, Louisiana, these Germans soon involved themselves in politics and engaged one another and the surrounding community in numerous court cases. These court cases, overlooked by previous historians, demonstrate that the Germans of Roberts Cove had begun to assimilate, prior to World War I and the passage of anti-German legislation.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year

2010

Author dc:creator

• Soileau, Lydia

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mitchell, Mary N.
• Bischof, Gunter
• Dupont, Robert L.

• German
• immigration
• Roberts Cove
• assimilation
• civil cases
• rice agriculture
• rice
• Acadia Parish
• Prohibition
• World War I

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1246

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2229