{"product_id":"contented-among-strangers-rural-german-speaking-women-and-their-families-in-the-nineteenth-century-midwest-paperback-softback-9780252064722","title":"Contented Among Strangers; Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252064722","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContented Among Strangers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda Schelbitzki Pickle (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252064722\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWinner of the Missouri Conference on History Book Prize, 1997.\u003c\/div\u003e— Missouri Conference on History\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerman-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. \u003ci\u003eContented among Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e 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 European patterns of rural family life and values to their new homes in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. As a result they were more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections--including interesting diary material translated by the author, church and community documents, and migration and census data--Pickle reveals the diversity and richness of the women's experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cpre\u003e Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. \"\u003cbr\u003eThe Best Household Utensil\"\u003cbr\u003e: Women and Families before Emigration 23 2. Arriving, Settling In, and Surviving: Emigration and the Concrete Aspects of Adaptation 41 3. Adventure, Alienation, and Adaptation: The Subjective Experiences of Immigrant Life 91 4. Strangers in a Strange Land: Women and Their Families in Special Groups 131 5. The Rural German-Speakers and Their Descendants: Reflections on Ethnicity in America 181 Appendixes A. Sources on German-Speaking Immigrant Women and Their Families 201 B. German-Speakers as Immigrants and Midwest Residents: A Statistical Analysis 207 Notes 231 Index 303 Illustrations follow pages 108 and 138 \u003c\/pre\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523431166232,"sku":"9780252064722","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contented-among-strangers-rural-german-speaking-women-and-their-families-in-the-nineteenth-century-midwest-paperback-softback-9780252064722","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}