Theoretical and methodological contexts -- Cultural and historical contexts -- A written history of the "model colony"--An oral history of "Gruner's time" -- Nostalgia, neglect, and nationalism under the British -- German scholars, performance, and sites of memory -- Conclusion …
England Sent German Metallurgist to America -- German Immigrants to Jamestown -- German Immigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony -- New Netherland, New Sweden and New Jersey -- Protestant Reformation and the Thirty Years' War -- Germans Fled Rhineland to America -- Jamestown Welco…
"Often overlooked because of their high degree of assimilation, people of German descent are actually the largest single ethnic group in the United States. German culture is far more rooted in America than commonly thought. For example, hot dogs, hamburgers and beer wouldn't be …
Tzoref-Ashkenazi presents a detailed study of two German regiments which served in India under the British between 1782 and 1791. He asks if the Germans identified with the goals of the British colonial power, how they felt about local people and traditions, and whether their le…
Tzoref-Ashkenazi presents a detailed study of two German regiments which served in India under the British between 1782 and 1791. He asks if the Germans identified with the goals of the British colonial power, how they felt about local people and traditions, and whether their le…
Tzoref-Ashkenazi presents a detailed study of two German regiments which served in India under the British between 1782 and 1791. He asks if the Germans identified with the goals of the British colonial power, how they felt about local people and traditions, and whether their le…
The social and cultural traces of the youth movement in the 20th Century are remarkable. It affected people who are closely connected with German history after 1945. To what extent has the youth experience affected these people? This volume presents autobiographical documents fr…