TY  - BOOK
AU  - Otterness,Philip L.
TI  - Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York
SN  - 9780801471179
AV  - F130 
U1  - 974.7/0043102 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Palatine Americans -- New York (State) -- History -- 18th century
KW  - German Americans -- New York (State) -- History -- 18th century
KW  - Immigrants -- New York (State) -- History -- 18th century
KW  - Palatine Americans -- New York (State) -- Ethnic identity
KW  - German Americans -- New York (State) -- Ethnic identity
KW  - New York (State) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century
KW  - Palatinate (Germany) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Quotations and Dates -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "A Particularly Deceptive Spirit" : The German Southwest, 1709 -- Chapter 2. "The Poor Palatine Refugees" : London, Spring-Summer 1709 -- Chapter 3. "A Parcel of Vagabonds" : London, Summer-Winter 1709 -- Chapter 4. "A Deplorable Sickly Condition" : New York City, 1710 -- Chapter 5. "They Will Not Listen to Tar Making" : The Hudson Valley, 1710-1712 -- Chapter 6. "The Promis'd Land" : The Schoharie Valley, 1712-1722 -- Chapter 7. "A Nation Which Is Neither French, Nor English, Nor Indian" : The Mohawk Valley, 1723-1757 -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Database of the 1709 Emigrants -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Becoming German tells the story of the largest and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America, the Palatine migration of 1709, tracking their journey from Germany to London to New York City and into the frontier areas of New York
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