Where did all the Germans go? How does a community of several hundred thousand people become invisible within a generation? This study examines these questions in relation to the German immigrant community in New York City between 1880-1930, and seeks to understand how German-American New Yorkers assimilated into the larger American society in the early twentieth century.
Where did all the Germans go? How does a community of several hundred thousand people become invisible within a generation? This study examines these questions in relation to the German immigrant community in New York City between 1880-1930, and seeks to understand how German-American New Yorkers assimilated into the larger American society in the early twentieth century.
CHRISTINA ZIEGLER-MCPHERSON is a visiting research scientist at Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum) in Bremerhaven, Germany. She is the author of Selling America: Immigration Promotion and the Settlement of the American Continent, 1607-1914.
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List of Illustrations Introduction 1 A Snapshot of Kleindeutschland in 1880 2 Climbing the Economic Ladder in Kleindeutschland in 1880 3 Decades of Change, 1880-1900 4 Disappearing and Remembering: The June 15, 1904, General Slocum Disaster 5 A False Sense of Security, 1904-1914 6 Becoming Invisible: German New Yorkers during World War I 7 The Great Disappearing Act, 1919-1930 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Introduction 1 A Snapshot of Kleindeutschland in 1880 2 Climbing the Economic Ladder in Kleindeutschland in 1880 3 Decades of Change, 1880-1900 4 Disappearing and Remembering: The June 15, 1904, General Slocum Disaster 5 A False Sense of Security, 1904-1914 6 Becoming Invisible: German New Yorkers during World War I 7 The Great Disappearing Act, 1919-1930 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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