The Great Disappearing Act : : Germans in New York City, 1880-1930 / / Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson.

Where did all the Germans go? How does a community of several hundred thousand people become invisible within a generation? This study examines these questions in relation to the German immigrant community in New York City between 1880-1930, and seeks to understand how German-American New Yorkers as...

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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (210 p.) :; 13 b-w illustrations, 9 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Snapshot of Kleindeutschland in 1880
  • 2. Climbing the Economic Ladder in Kleindeutschland in 1880
  • 3. Decades of Change, 1880–1900
  • 4. Disappearing and Remembering: The June 15, 1904, General Slocum Disaster
  • 5. A False Sense of Security, 1904–1914
  • 6. Becoming Invisible: German New Yorkers during World War I
  • 7. The Great Disappearing Act, 1919–1930
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index