{"product_id":"becoming-old-stock-the-paradox-of-german-american-identity-hardcover","title":"Becoming Old Stock: The Paradox of German-American Identity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell Kazal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore Americans trace their ancestry to Germany than to any other country. Arguably, German Americans form America's largest ethnic group. Yet they have a remarkably low profile today, reflecting a dramatic, twentieth-century retreat from German-American identity. In this age of multiculturalism, why have German Americans gone into ethnic eclipse--and where have they ended up? \u003ci\u003eBecoming Old Stock\u003c\/i\u003e represents the first in-depth exploration of that question. The book describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century, especially after World War I brought a nationwide anti-German backlash. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using quantitative methods, oral history, and a cultural analysis of written sources, the book explores how, by the 1920s, many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in \"old-stock\" terms--as \"American\" in opposition to southeastern European \"new immigrants.\" It also examines working-class and Catholic Germans, who came to share a common identity with other European immigrants, but not with newly arrived black Southerners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBecoming Old Stock\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the way German Americans used race, American nationalism, and mass culture to fashion new identities in place of ethnic ones. It is also an important contribution to the growing literature on racial identity among European Americans. In tracing the fate of one of America's largest ethnic groups, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Old Stock\u003c\/i\u003e challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a scholarly work par excellence. Prodigiously researched, cogently argued and extremely well written, the book is a richly detailed case study of the shifts in German-American identity in Philadelphia during the early 20th century. A tour de force.\"\u003cb\u003e--Marilyn Halter, Boston University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell A. Kazal\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at Arcadia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 383\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 9.6 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755307499808,"sku":"9780691050157","price":156.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72ec1fd7642de67b8238c7d7e8a01346.webp?v=1780055105","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/becoming-old-stock-the-paradox-of-german-american-identity-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}