Citizens in a Strange Land
Download or Read eBook Citizens in a Strange Land PDF written by Hermann Wellenreuther and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Hermann Wellenreuther |
| Publisher | : Penn State Press |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2013-08-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780271063591 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0271063599 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Citizens in a Strange Land by : Hermann Wellenreuther
Book excerpt: In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides—printed single sheets—produced by the Pennsylvania German community. These broadsides covered topics ranging from local controversies and politics to devotional poems and hymns. Each one is a product of and reaction to a particular historical setting. To understand them fully, Wellenreuther systematically reconstructs Pennsylvania’s print culture, the material conditions of life, the problems German settlers faced, the demands their communities made on the individual settlers, the complications to be overcome, and the needs to be satisfied. He shows how these broadsides provided advice, projections, and comment on phases of life from cradle to grave.
