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Contented among strangers : rural German-speaking women and their families in the nineteenth-century Midwest
- Title
- Contented among strangers : rural German-speaking women and their families in the nineteenth-century Midwest / Linda Schelbitzki Pickle.
- Author
- Pickle, Linda Schelbitzki, 1942-
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996], ©1996.
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| Text | Request in advance | F358.2.G3 P53 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 311 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- German-Americans make up one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, yet their very success at assimilating has also made them one of the least visible. What were their experiences? What cultural baggage did they bring with them, and how did it affect their lives in America? How did the German-speaking immigrants differ among themselves, and how did these differences influence their behavior and reactions?
- Contented among Strangers attempts to answer these questions by examining the central role German-speaking women played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity in rural areas of the Midwest. Even while living far from their original homelands, these women applied traditional European patterns of rural family life and values to their new homes in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
- As a result they were often more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections - including interesting diary accounts translated by the author, church and community documents, and migration and census data - Pickle reveals the diversity and richness of the women's experiences.
- Series Statement
- Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
- Uniform Title
- Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. "The Best Household Utensil": Women and Families before Emigration -- 2. Arriving, Settling In, and Surviving: Emigration and the Concrete Aspects of Adaptation -- 3. Adventure, Alienation, and Adaptation: The Subjective Experiences of Immigrant Life -- 4. Strangers in a Strange Land: Women and Their Families in Special Groups -- 5. The Rural German-Speakers and Their Descendants: Reflections on Ethnicity in America -- App. A. Sources on German-Speaking Immigrant Women and Their Families -- App. B. German-Speakers as Immigrants and Midwest Residents: A Statistical Analysis.
- ISBN
- 0252021827 (cloth)
- 0252064720 (paper)
- LCCN
- 95009849
- OCLC
- 32166377
- ocm32166377
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries