Citizens in a Strange Land: A Study of German-American Broadsides and Their Meaning for Germans in North America, 1730-1830

by Hermann Wellenreuther

In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides--printed single sheets--produced by the Pennsylvania German community. These broadsides covered topics ranging from local controversies and politics to devotional poems and hymns. Each one is a product of and reaction to a particular historical setting. To understand them fully, Wellenreuther systematically reconstructs Pennsylvania's print culture, the material...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271059389
• ISBN13: 9780271059389
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.9"