Citizens in a strange land : a study of German-American broadsides and their meaning for Germans in North America, 1730-1830

In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides—printed single sheets—produced by the Pennsylvania German community. These broadsides covered topics ranging from local controversies and politics to devotional poems and hymns. Each one is a product of and reaction to a pa...

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Main Author:	Wellenreuther, Hermann
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, PA Pennsylvania State University Press 2013 Penn State University Press
Edition:	1
Series:	Max Kade German-American Research Institute
Subjects:	18th century 19th century Broadsides Broadsides > North America > History > 18th century Broadsides > North America > History > 19th century Citizens devotional poems Ethnic Studies German Americans German Americans > Social life and customs > 18th century > Sources German Americans > Social life and customs > 19th century > Sources German-American Broadsides Germans Germans > North America > Social life and customs > 18th century > Sources Germans > North America > Social life and customs > 19th century > Sources Germany HISTORY HISTORY / Social History HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) hymns local controversy North America Pennsylvania Pennsylvania German politics Printing Printing > North America > History > 18th century Printing > North America > History > 19th century Social History Social life and customs SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General Sources united states usa Wellenreuther politics usa Citizens united states history devotional poems North America German-American Broadsides Pennsylvania Pennsylvania German Wellenreuther hymns local controversy Germany us
ISBN:	9780271059372, 0271059370, 0271061006, 9780271061009
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Table of Contents:

Chapter 2: The German-American Secular World Chapter 1: The German-American Printing World Introduction List of Illustrations Table of Contents Cover Title Page, Copyright Page Preface and Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index Back Cover Appendix A: Georg Hohmann’s Broadsides Conclusion Chapter 4: Pennsylvania Politics and German Political Broadsides, 1730-1830 Chapter 3: Praying and Reading Appendix B: Statistical Tables
COVER Front -- Series Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Notes to Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes to Introduction -- Chapter 1: THE GERMAN-AMERICAN PRINTING WORLD -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2: THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SECULAR WORLD -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3: PRAYING AND READING: House Devotions of German Settlers -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4: PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS AND GERMAN POLITICAL BROADSIDES, 1730-1830 -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Conclusion -- Notes to Conclusion -- APPENDIX A: Georg Hohmann's Broadsides -- APPENDIX B: Statistical Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- COVER Back
Two. The German-American Secular World --
Appendix A: Georg Hohmann’s Broadsides --
Appendix B: Statistical Tables --
CONTENTS --
Three. Praying and Reading: House Devotions of German Settlers --
Index
Conclusion --
List of Illustrations --
Frontmatter --
Notes --
Introduction --
Bibliography --
One. The German-American Printing World --
Preface and Acknowledgments --
Four. Pennsylvania Politics and German Political Broadsides, 1730–1830 --