A Peculiar Mixture: German-Language Cultures and Identities in Eighteenth-Century North America

Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, religious, and denominational divides and eventually...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271059494
• ISBN13: 9780271059495
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"