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German and Irish immigrants in the Midwestern United States, 1850-1900 /

3319787381

9783319787381

3319787373

9783319787374

German and Irish immigrants in the Midwestern United States, 1850-1900 /

[Book]

Regina Donlon.

Cham, Switzerland :

Palgrave Macmillan,

[2018]

©2018

1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 An Uncertain Future: Ireland, Germany and the United States at the Turn of the Century; Introduction; The Economic Effects of War and Modernization as Causes of Emigration; The Demographic Cycle Model as a Cause of Emigration; Political Affairs as a Cause of Emigration; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Making the Transition: Irish and German Immigrants Arrive in the Midwest; Introduction: The Midwest as an Immigrant Destination; Economic, Political and Religious Attractions

Chapter 8 From Discrimination to Domination: Immigrant Political ParticipationIntroduction; Nativism and the Know-Nothings; Civil War; Local Politics-Patronage and Spoils; Zepp and Noonan-Two Cogs in the Political Machine; Immigrant Statesmen; The Politics of the Old Country; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Piety, Poverty and Perseverance: The Experience of Immigrant Women; Introduction; 'Wanted-A Good Girl to Do General Housework'; An Assembly of Curious Women, Girls, and Children; 'Visited Mrs. Wandell in the Evening'; 'The Solemnity of Religious Engagement'; Conclusion; Chapter 10 Conclusion

'Do Not Hurry'-A Guide for EnumeratorsThe Generations Come of Age; Securing 'Genteel Employment'; A Job 'Executed with Neatness and Dispatch'; 'Creative, Progressive and Dependable'; 'There Are a Lot of Things Going on in This Neighborhood That Might Be of Interest to You'; 'Newsboys Hawked Their Wares at Every Intersection'; Conclusion; Chapter 6 A Reputation of Respectability: Social and Cultural Aspects of Immigrant Life; Introduction; 'A Scene Seldom Equaled Anywhere'; 'Behind the Doors of the Turnhalle'; 'The Widest Possible Range of Clubs'

'The Oldest Catholic Organization in the United States''A Reputation of Respectability'; 'Old Time Hilarity and Solemnity'; 'Pioneers and Shamrocks'; Conclusion; Chapter 7 The Church on the Hill: Religious Entities in the American Midwest; Introduction; The Immigrant Church; The Formation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; 'Consistent and Untiring Action'; 'The Irish Gave Enthusiasm, the Germans Gave Stability'; 'A Protest Against American Exclusivity'; 'A Basement Operation in a City Church'; 'The Lynchpin to Ethnic Identity'; Conclusion

'What Will Ye Do in the Wilds of America''Bound for New York'; 'Do Not Foolishly Linger in the Cities'; 'To This Fine Country, I Would Direct the Attention of Emigrants'; 'Westward, Ho!'; Conclusion; Chapter 4 A Peaceful Conquest: Immigrant Settlement in St Louis and Fort Wayne; Introduction; 'A New and Brighter Era'; 'A Peaceful Conquest'-St Louis; 'The People of the Kerry Patch Are Poor but Independent'; Fort Wayne-'A Rich and Prosperous City'; Who Were the Immigrants?; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Production, Enterprise, and Innovation: The Economic Activity of German and Irish Immigrants

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, hundreds of thousands of German and Irish immigrants left Europe for the United States. Many settled in the Northeast, but some boarded trains and made their way west. Focusing on the cities of Fort Wayne, Indiana and St Louis, Missouri, Regina Donlon employs comparative and transnational methodologies in order to trace their journeys from arrival through their emergence as cultural, social and political forces in their communities. Drawing comparisons between large, industrial St Louis and small, established Fort Wayne and between the different communities which took root there, Donlon offers new insights into the factors which shaped their experiences--including the impact of city size on the preservation of ethnic identity, the contrasting concerns of the German and Irish Catholic churches and the roles of women as social innovators. This unique multi-ethnic approach illuminates overlooked dimensions of the immigrant experience in the American Midwest.

German and Irish immigrants in the Midwestern United States, 1850-1900.

9783319787374

German Americans-- History-- 19th century.

Immigrants-- Middle West-- History-- 19th century.

Irish Americans-- History-- 19th century.

Emigration and immigration.

German Americans.

Immigrants.

Irish Americans.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.

Middle West, Emigration and immigration, History, 19th century.

United States, Emigration and immigration, History, 19th century.

Middle West.

United States.

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SOC-- 020000

SOC-- 031000

Donlon, Regina

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