| Germans in Michigan Contributor(s): Kilar, Jeremy W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870136194 ISBN-13: 9780870136191 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2002 Annotation: Germans are the largest ancestral group in Michigan, representing over 2.6 million descendants or 22% of the state's population. Yet, unlike other immigrant groups, Germans have not retained their linguistic and cultural traditions as part of a distinct ethnic identity. The Bavarian villages of Frankenmuth and Gaylord stand as testaments to the once proud and vigorous German communities that dotted both rural and urban Michigan landscapes. Jeremy W. Kilar explores the social forces that transformed Germans from inward-looking immigrants to citizens in the cultural mainstream. Germans in Michigan is a story of assimilation and renewal and as such reveals the complexities of Americanization and immigration as social forces. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 305.831 |
| LCCN: 2001006359 |
| Series: Discovering the Peoples of Michigan |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.64" W x 8.62" (0.22 lbs) 58 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - German - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Germans are the largest ancestral group in Michigan, representing over 2.6 million descendants or 22% of the state s population. Yet, unlike other immigrant groups, Germans have not retained their linguistic and cultural traditions as part of a distinct ethnic identity. The Bavarian villages of Frankenmuth and Gaylord stand as testaments to the once proud and vigorous German communities that dotted both rural and urban Michigan landscapes. Jeremy W. Kilar explores the social forces that transformed Germans from inward-looking immigrants to citizens in the cultural mainstream. "Germans in Michigan" is a story of assimilation and renewal and as such reveals the complexities of Americanization and immigration as social forces." |