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Autore |
Bassler Gerhard P. <1937-> |
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Titolo |
Vikings to U-Boats : the German experience in Newfoundland and Labrador / / Gerhard P. Bassler |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-7735-8077-8 |
1-282-86754-7 |
9786612867545 |
0-7735-7709-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 p.) |
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Collana |
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McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series 2 ; ; 21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Germans - Newfoundland and Labrador - History |
Newfoundland and Labrador History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"I was born where wine and grapes are no rarity" : first contacts -- "The Esquimaux ... cannot be in better hands" : the Moravian Mission in Labrador -- From Hamburg bread to turbines : expanding contacts in the nineteenth century -- "Venturesome sons of the fatherland" : immigrants, sojourners, and visitors, 1870-1914 -- "Few of civilization's blessings" : images, impressions, and perceptions -- "I have with great patience withstood many insults" : the enemy alien experience, 1914-1919 -- "I can get another Hiscock anytime, but I cannot get a Weber" : newcomers after the War, 1919-1939 -- "Backwoodsmen of the sea" : Germans look at Newfoundland between the World Wars -- "We should first look to British stock" : Germans deemed undesirable? -- "I had been loyal to the country" : internment operations and experiences, 1939-1945 -- "Can the leopard change its spots?" The Nazi Fifth-Column experince, 1939-1945 -- "The spy among us" : the U-boat syndrome. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Vikings to U-Boats explores the colony's hidden multicultural history, examining both sides of the German-Newfoundland/Labrador experience. From first recorded contacts to the end of World War II, Bassler traces the lives of German-speaking fishermen, musicians, |
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