{"product_id":"becoming-old-stock-russell-a-kazal-9780691050157","title":"Becoming Old Stock: The Paradox of German-American Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore Americans trace their ancestry to Germany than to any other country. Arguably, German Americans form America's largest ethnic group. Yet they have a remarkably low profile today, reflecting a dramatic, twentieth-century retreat from German-American identity. In this age of multiculturalism, why have German Americans gone into ethnic eclipse--and where have they ended up? \u003ci\u003eBecoming Old Stock\u003c\/i\u003e represents the first in-depth exploration of that question. The book describes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century, especially after World War I brought a nationwide anti-German backlash. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using quantitative methods, oral history, and a cultural analysis of written sources, the book explores how, by the 1920s, many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in \"old-stock\" terms--as \"American\" in opposition to southeastern European \"new immigrants.\" It also examines working-class and Catholic Germans, who came to share a common identity with other European immigrants, but not with newly arrived black Southerners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBecoming Old Stock\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the way German Americans used race, American nationalism, and mass culture to fashion new identities in place of ethnic ones. It is also an important contribution to the growing literature on racial identity among European Americans. In tracing the fate of one of America's largest ethnic groups, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Old Stock\u003c\/i\u003e challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Kazal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691050155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691050157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.38w x 1.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 939","brand":"Russell Kazal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925603549439,"sku":"9780691050157","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_490bae67-5ea6-4164-834f-ec45e033f962.jpg?v=1681078252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-old-stock-russell-a-kazal-9780691050157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}