Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America

by Cynthia G. Falk

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027103338X
• ISBN13: 9780271033389
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 9.7"