Degrees of Allegiance: Harassment and Loyalty in Missouri's German-American Community during World War I

by Petra DeWitt

Historians have long argued that the Great War eradicated German culture from American soil. Degrees of Allegiance examines the experiences of German-Americans living in Missouri during the First World War, evaluating the personal relationships at the local level that shaped their lives and the way that they were affected by national war effort guidelines. Spared from widespread hate crimes, German-Americans in Missouri did not have the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821420038
• ISBN13: 9780821420034
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"