Author: Russell A. Kazal
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069122367X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
More Americans trace their ancestry to Germany than to any other country. Arguably, German Americans form America's largest ethnic group. Yet they have a remarkably low profile today, reflecting a dramatic, twentieth-century retreat from German-American identity. In this age of multiculturalism, why have German Americans gone into ethnic eclipse--and where have they ended up? Becoming Old Stock represents the first in-depth exploration of that question. The book describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century, especially after World War I brought a nationwide anti-German backlash. Using quantitative methods, oral history, and a cultural analysis of written sources, the book explores how, by the 1920s, many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in "old-stock" terms--as "American" in opposition to southeastern European "new immigrants." It also examines working-class and Catholic Germans, who came to share a common identity with other European immigrants, but not with newly arrived black Southerners. Becoming Old Stock sheds light on the way German Americans used race, American nationalism, and mass culture to fashion new identities in place of ethnic ones. It is also an important contribution to the growing literature on racial identity among European Americans. In tracing the fate of one of America's largest ethnic groups, Becoming Old Stock challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism.
OLD STOCK
Author: HANNAH. CAPLAN MOSCOVITCH (BEN. BARRY, CHRISTIAN.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780573707803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780573707803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Becoming Old Stock
Author: Russell A. Kazal
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069122367X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
More Americans trace their ancestry to Germany than to any other country. Arguably, German Americans form America's largest ethnic group. Yet they have a remarkably low profile today, reflecting a dramatic, twentieth-century retreat from German-American identity. In this age of multiculturalism, why have German Americans gone into ethnic eclipse--and where have they ended up? Becoming Old Stock represents the first in-depth exploration of that question. The book describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century, especially after World War I brought a nationwide anti-German backlash. Using quantitative methods, oral history, and a cultural analysis of written sources, the book explores how, by the 1920s, many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in "old-stock" terms--as "American" in opposition to southeastern European "new immigrants." It also examines working-class and Catholic Germans, who came to share a common identity with other European immigrants, but not with newly arrived black Southerners. Becoming Old Stock sheds light on the way German Americans used race, American nationalism, and mass culture to fashion new identities in place of ethnic ones. It is also an important contribution to the growing literature on racial identity among European Americans. In tracing the fate of one of America's largest ethnic groups, Becoming Old Stock challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069122367X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
More Americans trace their ancestry to Germany than to any other country. Arguably, German Americans form America's largest ethnic group. Yet they have a remarkably low profile today, reflecting a dramatic, twentieth-century retreat from German-American identity. In this age of multiculturalism, why have German Americans gone into ethnic eclipse--and where have they ended up? Becoming Old Stock represents the first in-depth exploration of that question. The book describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century, especially after World War I brought a nationwide anti-German backlash. Using quantitative methods, oral history, and a cultural analysis of written sources, the book explores how, by the 1920s, many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in "old-stock" terms--as "American" in opposition to southeastern European "new immigrants." It also examines working-class and Catholic Germans, who came to share a common identity with other European immigrants, but not with newly arrived black Southerners. Becoming Old Stock sheds light on the way German Americans used race, American nationalism, and mass culture to fashion new identities in place of ethnic ones. It is also an important contribution to the growing literature on racial identity among European Americans. In tracing the fate of one of America's largest ethnic groups, Becoming Old Stock challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism.
The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
Author: Thomas Nelson Page
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Copp, Clark
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Copp, Clark
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
Collecting Old Stock Certificates: A Look at the Past
Author: William a. Jack
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781794615045
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
One of the more popular hobbies is collecting old stock certificates. The hobby is known as "Scripophily." The word scrip, refers to "a certificate of a right to receive something." Stock certificates are pieces of paper, showing and detailing this right. And some certificates are very colorful and ornate. Collecting stock certificates and old documents is fun and important, it is a piece of history. Too often, we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of work and our busy lives to reflect and remember our roots. Where did we come from? What steps led us to this point in time, right now? Scripophily is one of those studies of history, a moment we can look back and see the past, and maybe even learn something. This book is just a tiny look at some stock certificates, and a few other older documents.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781794615045
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
One of the more popular hobbies is collecting old stock certificates. The hobby is known as "Scripophily." The word scrip, refers to "a certificate of a right to receive something." Stock certificates are pieces of paper, showing and detailing this right. And some certificates are very colorful and ornate. Collecting stock certificates and old documents is fun and important, it is a piece of history. Too often, we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of work and our busy lives to reflect and remember our roots. Where did we come from? What steps led us to this point in time, right now? Scripophily is one of those studies of history, a moment we can look back and see the past, and maybe even learn something. This book is just a tiny look at some stock certificates, and a few other older documents.
Southern California Horticulturist
The Modern Gilpin, Or, The Adventures of John Oldstock
Annual Report
Author: Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Capital Stock Without Par Value
Author: John Raymond Wildman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporation law
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporation law
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Goodwin's Improved Book-keeping and Business Manual
Author: Joseph Henry Goodwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookkeeping
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookkeeping
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description