A peculiar mixture German-language cultures and identities in eighteenth-century North America

"A collection of essays that explore the transatlantic German cultures and identities of the colonial period"--Provided by publisher.

Other Authors:	Stievermann, Jan., Scheiding, Oliver.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2013.
Series:	Max Kade German-American Research Institute series.
Subjects:	Germans > North America > History > 18th century. Germans > North America > Ethnic identity. German Americans > History > 18th century. German Americans > Ethnic identity. North America > Emigration and immigration > History > 18th century. Germany > Emigration and immigration > History > 18th century.

Table of Contents:

Rethinking the significance of the 1709 mass migration / Marianne S. Wokeck
Information brokers and mediators : the role of diplomats in the migrations of German-speaking people, 1709-1711 / Rosalind J. Beiler
The Palatine immigrants of 1710 and the Native Americans / Philip Otterness
Of dwelling houses, painted chests, and stove plates : what material culture tells us about the Palatines in early New York / Cynthia G. Falk
(Re)discovering the German-language literature of colonial America / Patrick M. Erben
"Runs, creeks, and rivers join" : the correspondence network of Gotthilf Henry Ernst Mühlenberg / Matthias Schönhofer
Divergent paths : processes of identity formation among German speakers, 1730-1760 / Marie Basile McDaniel
Defining the limits of American liberty : Pennsylvania's German peace churches during the Revolution / Jan Stievermann
Pennsylvania German Taufscheine and revolutionary America : cultural history and interpreting identity / Liam Riordan.