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Degrees of allegiance [[electronic resource] ] : harassment and loyalty in Missouri's German-American community during World War I / / Petra DeWitt



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Autore: DeWitt Petra <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Degrees of allegiance [[electronic resource] ] : harassment and loyalty in Missouri's German-American community during World War I / / Petra DeWitt Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
Disciplina: 940.4/03
Soggetto topico: German Americans - Missouri - History - 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 - German Americans
World War, 1914-1918 - Missouri
Germans - Missouri - History - 20th century
German Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 bec
Titolo autorizzato: Degrees of allegiance  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8214-4419-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461840603321
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Serie: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.