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1 online resource (pages). |
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text file |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
German Americans -- Missouri -- History -- 20th century.
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German Americans. |
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Missouri. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- German Americans.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Missouri.
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Germans -- Missouri -- History -- 20th century.
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Germans. |
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German Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780821420034 0821420038 (DLC) 2011053208 |
| ISBN |
0821444190 (electronic book) |
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9780821444191 (electronic book) |
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9780821420034 (hc ; acid-free paper) |
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0821420038 (hc ; acid-free paper) |
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