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1 online resource (x, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest |
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Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2023) |
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German Americans -- Missouri -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 -- German Americans
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Missouri
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Germans -- Missouri -- History -- 20th century
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German Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism & Patriotism.
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German Americans
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Germans
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Missouri
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011053208 |
| ISBN |
9780821444191 |
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0821444190 |
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