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7%OFFPhilip L. Otterness - Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York - 9780801473449 - V9780801473449
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Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York

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Description for Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.

Becoming German tells the intriguing story of the largest and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America. The so-called Palatine migration of 1709 began in the western part of the Holy Roman Empire, where perhaps as many as thirty thousand people left their homes, lured by rumors that Britain's Queen Anne would give them free passage overseas and land in America. They journeyed down the Rhine and eventually made their way to London, where they settled in refugee camps. The rumors of free passage and land proved false, but, in an attempt to clear the camps, the British government ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801473449
SKU
V9780801473449
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About Philip L. Otterness
Philip Otterness is Professor of History and Political Science at Warren Wilson College.

Reviews for Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York
Becoming German nicely details the complex development of ethnic identity in eighteenth-century British America. With engaging prose and a straightforward style, Otterness demonstrates how people from a variety of religious, political, and cultural backgrounds re-shaped the definition others imposed on them and forged a commonly held and unique identity.... Becoming German significantly broadens our understanding of early American identity formation ... Read more

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