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Contented Among Strangers
Linda Pickle
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Description for Contented Among Strangers
Paperback. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
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. Contented among Strangers examines the central role German-speaking women in rural areas of the Midwest played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity. 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 more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections--including interesting ... Read more
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. Contented among Strangers examines the central role German-speaking women in rural areas of the Midwest played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity. 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 more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections--including interesting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252064722
SKU
V9780252064722
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99-50
Reviews for Contented Among Strangers
Winner of the Missouri Conference on History Book Prize, 1997.