Ethnicity And Race Making Identities In A Changing World – Cornell

The second distinguishing characteristic of this wave was its extraordi- nary diversity. Although internal differentiation had made it difficult for colonial-era immigrants to recognize their broader commonalities and interests, this became a source of strength in the second wave. German employers and employees, skilled and unskilled workers, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, entrepreneurs, teachers, and numerous others poured into the United States. For the first time, German immigrants had little rea- son to seek out associations with non-Germans. Their numbers and diver- sity were such that they could find what they needed in rapidly growing German neighborhoods and communities, and they depended little on the non-German society they were entering.

United by a broad commonality of language, immigrants in this second wave quickly formed organizations of various kinds, everything from welfare groups to cultural organizations to _ fire companies, building their own institutions to meet their own needs and overcoming the various differences that divided them (Conzen 1976). Seer oe aalttiverteyrtereriveenoudaysnnut-haad inhoud, allow, an FT aaa ie rigmterr etree of major cities into “Little Germanies,” institutionally complex commu- nities that included a major portion of the German population of the United States.

The third distinctive characteristic of this second wave was the fact that many of these later immigrants wanted to retain their Germanness. Toward the middle of the century, there was a growing nationalist move- ment in Germany, an effort to create a stronger and more unified coun- try. This movement, fueled by German romanticism, culminated in the failed revolution of 1848.

Many of the Germans who came to the United States in the mid-19th century were either supporters of the nationalist movement or had been influenced by it. In the aftermath of the failed rev- olution, they headed for America, intent on nurturing and sustaining German identity and culture.

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Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-4129-4110-5 or 978-1-4129-4110-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Race. 2. Ethnicity. 3. Minorities. 4. Group identity. I. Hartmann, Douglas. II. Title. HT1521.C64 2007 305.8—dc22 2006028317 This book is printed on acid-free paper.

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