Fries Family, Philadelphia, Pa
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Author : Genevieve Wilson Bartlett
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Page : 342 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release : 1952
Category : United States
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Page : 1200 pages
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Release : 2003
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
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Author : United States. Internal Revenue Service
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Page : 1518 pages
File Size : 37,4 MB
Release : 1988
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Release : 1987
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Author : Luther Reily Kelker
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Page : 914 pages
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Release : 1907
Category : Dauphin County (Pa.)
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Author : Laureen Baillie
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Page : 456 pages
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Release : 1998
Category : American biographical archive
ISBN : 9783598335488
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Page : 264 pages
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Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780271047430
How did a mid-eighteenth-century group, the so-called Pennsylvania Germans, build their cultural identity in the face of ethnic stereotyping, nostalgic ideals, and the views imposed by outside contemporaries? Numerous forces create a group's identity, including the views of outsiders, insiders, and the shaping pressure of religious beliefs, but to understand the process better, we must look to clues from material culture. Cynthia Falk explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and their descendants. Such material culture has been the basis of stereotyping Pennsylvania Germans almost since their arrival. Falk warns us against the typical scholarly overemphasis on Pennsylvania Germans' assimilation into an English way of life. Rather, she demonstrates that more than anything, socioeconomic status and religious affiliation influenced the character of the material culture of Pennsylvania Germans. Her work also shows how early Pennsylvania Germans defined their own identities.