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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480343903321

Autore

Wellenreuther Hermann

Titolo

Citizens in a strange land : a study of German-American broadsides and their meaning for Germans in North America, 1730-1830 / / Hermann Wellenreuther

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-271-06100-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Max Kade German-American Research Institute series

Disciplina

973.0431

Soggetti

Broadsides - North America - History - 19th century

Broadsides - North America - History - 18th century

Germans - North America - Social life and customs - 19th century

Germans - North America - Social life and customs - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The German-American printing world -- The German-American secular world -- Praying and reading : house devotions of German settlers -- Pennsylvania politics and German political broadsides, 1730-1830.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines German broadsides published in America from 1730 to 1830. Through them, explores aspects of the German-American world, including printing, religious practices, social life, politics, education, farming, economics, and medicine"--Provided by publisher.