03546nam 2200649Ia 450 991082337840332120240404235933.00-8214-4419-0(CKB)2670000000187368(EBL)1743631(OCoLC)786447005(SSID)ssj0000653016(PQKBManifestationID)11442574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000653016(PQKBWorkID)10651315(PQKB)11513126(MiAaPQ)EBC1743631(MdBmJHUP)muse17788(Au-PeEL)EBL1743631(CaPaEBR)ebr10539261(EXLCZ)99267000000018736820111228d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDegrees of allegiance harassment and loyalty in Missouri's German-American community during World War I /Petra DeWitt1st ed.Athens Ohio University Press20121 online resource (269 p.)Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the MidwestDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-2003-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.American yet German: the state of German-American culture and the relationship between Germans and non-Germans in Missouri on the eve of World War I -- Divided opinions and growing suspicions: Missourians and German-Americans during the neutrality period -- "No time for slackers": the Missouri Council of Defense and Governor Gardner's approach to fighting the Kaiser at home -- From the "most American city" to seeing German ghosts everywhere: St. Louis during the Great War -- Resisting interference in daily life: Gasconade County during World War I -- Superpatriotism in action: Osage County during World War I -- Conclusion: becoming Americans of German heritage on their own terms: the impact of World War I on German culture in Missouri. Historians have long argued that the Great War eradicated German culture from American soil. Degrees of Allegiance examines the experiences of German-Americans living in Missouri during the First World War, evaluating the personal relationships at the local level that shaped their lives and the way that they were affected by national war effort guidelines. Spared from widespread hate crimes, German-Americans in Missouri did not have the same bleak experiences as other German-Americans in the Midwest or across America. But they were still subject to regular charges of disloyalty, sometimes becOhio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.German AmericansMissouriHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918German AmericansWorld War, 1914-1918MissouriGermansMissouriHistory20th centuryGerman AmericansLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesHistory20th centuryGerman AmericansHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918German Americans.World War, 1914-1918GermansHistoryGerman AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.History940.4/03DeWitt Petra1961-1594536MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823378403321Degrees of allegiance3915101UNINA