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Babel of the Atlantic
Despite shifting trends in the study of Oceanic Atlantic history, the colonial Atlantic world as it is described by historians today continues to be a largely English-only space; even when other language communities are examined, they, too, are considered to be monolingual and discrete. Babel of the Atlantic pushes back against this monolingual fallacy by documenting multilingualism, translation, and fluid movement across linguistic borders. Focusing on Philadelphia and surrounding areas that include Germantown, Bethlehem, and the so-called Indian country to the west, this volume demonstrates the importance of viewing inhabitants not as members of isolated language communities, whether Engli...
A Genealogy of the Hiester Family
Three Hiester brothers--John (ca. 1707-1757), Joseph (ca. 1710-1777), and Daniel (1713-1795)--of Silesian origin, immigrated from Germany to Goshenhoppen, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania, and later settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
Lineage Book
Includes inclusive "Errata for the Linage book."
Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America
How did a mid-eighteenth-century group, the so-called Pennsylvania Germans, build their cultural identity in the face of ethnic stereotyping, nostalgic ideals, and the views imposed by outside contemporaries? Numerous forces create a group's identity, including the views of outsiders, insiders, and the shaping pressure of religious beliefs, but to understand the process better, we must look to clues from material culture. Cynthia Falk explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and their descendants. Such material culture has been the basis of stereotyping Pennsylvania Germans almost since their arrival. Falk warns us against the typical scholarly overemphasis on Pennsylvania Germans' assimilation into an English way of life. Rather, she demonstrates that more than anything, socioeconomic status and religious affiliation influenced the character of the material culture of Pennsylvania Germans. Her work also shows how early Pennsylvania Germans defined their own identities.
Lineages of Members of the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
Vol. 2 has title: Lineages of the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims.
