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Becoming German : The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (254 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801471179
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Becoming GermanDDC classification:
  • 974.7/0043102
LOC classification:
  • F130
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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