Culture at Twilight - Johnson, Charles Thomas
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From its founding in 1901 to its demise in 1918, the National German-American Alliance sought to preserve and promote aspects of German culture in America. As the organization grew in size and scope, it increasingly found itself drawn into some of the more controversial political, social, and diplomatic issues of the times. This study is the first to chronicle the seventeen-year history of the organization. It also examines how the Alliance's efforts serve as an example of the many problems faced by an ethnic organization seeking to preserve its cultural identity in the volatile environment that can be American democracy.…mehr

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From its founding in 1901 to its demise in 1918, the National German-American Alliance sought to preserve and promote aspects of German culture in America. As the organization grew in size and scope, it increasingly found itself drawn into some of the more controversial political, social, and diplomatic issues of the times. This study is the first to chronicle the seventeen-year history of the organization. It also examines how the Alliance's efforts serve as an example of the many problems faced by an ethnic organization seeking to preserve its cultural identity in the volatile environment that can be American democracy.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Charles Thomas Johnson received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in United States history from Western Michigan University. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Valdosta State University where he teaches diplomatic, ethnic, and cultural history.
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"The National German-American Alliance played a major role in public affairs until its demise during World War I. Its history, especially that of its leader, Dr. Charles J. Hexamer, is crucial to the understanding of the German-American experience. In a fascinating and superbly written analysis, Charles Thomas Johnson has traced the history of the Alliance from its earliest beginnings and has thereby provided a valuable contribution to the field of German-American Studies, and that is clearly required reading for all those interested in German-American history in the twentieth century." (Don Heinrich Tolzmann, University of Cincinnati)
"At last someone has written a book about the National German-American Alliance. Charles Johnson's fine study fills a gap in historiography and places this important, controversial, but too-little mentioned organization within the context of its time - not simply the era of the First World War, but the broader scope of ethnicity, social, and political history of the early part of the twentieth century." (Ross Gregory, Western Michigan University)