Degrees of allegiance harassment and loyalty in Missouri's German-American community during World War I /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Athens :
Ohio University Press,
2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
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| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0-8214-4419-0 |