Peculiar Mixture

Jan Stievermann is Professor of the History of Christianity in North America at the University of Heidelberg. Oliver Scheiding is Professor of American Literature at Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionJan StievermannPart 1Migration and Settlement1Rethinking the Significance of the 1709 Mass MigrationMarianne S. Wokeck2Information Brokers and Mediators: The Role of Diplomats in the Migrations of German-Speaking People, 1709–1711Rosalind J. Beiler3The Palatine Immigrants of 1710 and the Native AmericansPhilip OtternessPart 2Material and Intellectual Cultures in the Making4Of Dwelling Houses, Painted Chests, and Stove Plates: What Material Culture Tells Us About the Palatines in Early New YorkCynthia G. Falk5(Re)Discovering the German-Language Literature of Colonial AmericaPatrick M. Erben6“Runs, Creeks, and Rivers Join”: The Correspondence Network of Gotthilf Henry Ernst MühlenbergMatthias SchönhoferPart 3Negotiations of Ethnic and Religious Identities7Divergent Paths: Processes of Identity Formation Among German Speakers, 1730–1760Marie Basile McDaniel8Defining the Limits of American Liberty: Pennsylvania’s German Peace Churches During the RevolutionJan Stievermann9Pennsylvania German Taufscheine and Revolutionary America: Cultural History and Interpreting IdentityLiam RiordanContributorsIndex

“The essays in this book make a strong case for understanding the immigrant experiences of the Germans who came to America in the eighteenth century through the lens of cultural history, abetted by material culture, the history of the book, and close literary analysis. This is a deeply informative book and one that deserves broad attention.”—David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity School