Contented Among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest

by Linda Pickle

Book Overview

German-Americans make up one
of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, yet their very success
at assimilating has also made them one of the least visible. Contented
among Strangers examines the central role German-speaking women in
rural areas of the Midwest played in preserving their ethnic and cultural
identity. Even while living far from their original homelands, these women
applied traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252064720
• ISBN13: 9780252064722
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"