Eagle in the New World: German Immigration to Texas and America
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Genres: History, Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: History, Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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In three hundred years the German eagle and American eagle have symbolically combined through immigration and colonization to produce unique traditions in art, literature, music, language, and life-styles. The German heritage of nearly one-third of Americans is reflected with particular strength in Texas, one of four states that become home to especially large numbers of German immigrants.
Eagle in the New World began at a symposium held at the University of Houston in September, 1983, on the occasion of the tricentennial of the first German settlement in the New World. The various authors whose papers were presented at the meeting and appear here in revised form, include scholars from both German and Texas colleges and universities. Their essays constitute, in the main, pairs of "Old World" and "New World" perspectives on such topics as art, literature, folklore, and acculturation, as viewed from German and regional perspectives.
In three hundred years the German eagle and American eagle have symbolically combined through immigration and colonization to produce unique traditions in art, literature, music, language, and life-styles. The German heritage of nearly one-third of Americans is reflected with particular strength in Texas, one of four states that become home to especially large numbers of German immigrants.
Eagle in the New World began at a symposium held at the University of Houston in September, 1983, on the occasion of the tricentennial of the first German settlement in the New World. The various authors whose papers were presented at the meeting and appear here in revised form, include scholars from both German and Texas colleges and universities. Their essays constitute, in the main, pairs of "Old World" and "New World" perspectives on such topics as art, literature, folklore, and acculturation, as viewed from German and regional perspectives.
