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

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Book Review| January 01 2017 Citizens in a Strange Land: A Study of German-American Broadsides and Their Meanings for Germans in North America, 1730–1830 Citizens in a Strange Land: A Study of German-American Broadsides and Their Meanings for Germans in North America, 1730–1830. By Hermann Wellenreuther. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015. 384 pp. Illustrations, notes, index, and bibliography. $98.95 (cloth). Walter D. Kamphoefner Walter D. Kamphoefner Texas A&M University Walter D. Kamphoefner is Professor of History at Texas A&M University, teaching in the field of immigration and ethnicity. His first book was a pioneering transatlantic study: The Westfalians: From Germany to Missouri (Princeton University Press, 1987), which also appeared in two German editions (1982, 2006). In three decades of scholarly collaboration with Wolfgang Helbich, collecting and editing immigrant letters, he co-edited two book-length anthologies in both German and English versions, and an additional conference volume. He is currently the president of the Society for German-American Studies. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2017) 36 (2): 121–122. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.36.2.0121 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Walter D. Kamphoefner; Citizens in a Strange Land: A Study of German-American Broadsides and Their Meanings for Germans in North America, 1730–1830. Journal of American Ethnic History 1 January 2017; 36 (2): 121–122. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.36.2.0121 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of American Ethnic History Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2017 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.