From Pennsylvania to Waterloo: Pennsylvania-German Folk Culture in Transition [Paperback]

Susan M. Burke (Editor), Matthew H. Hill (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 19, 2012

From Pennsylvania to Waterloo explores the development in the United States and Canada of a distinctive Germanic lifestyle. This volume, illustrated with objects from the acclaimed exhibition Changes in Latitudes, brings together experts from both sides of the border to create an invaluable resource for folklorists, historians, students, collectors and anyone with an interest in folklife, antiques or Pennsylvania-German culture. It will be particularly valuable to anyone interested in textiles, foodways and fraktur. The high quality of the photographs and their reproduction make this book a real treasure.

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"This volume beautifully and forcefully breaks in on -- subverts -- the continuity by which 20th-century mass culture determines so much of our lives, and lets us glimpse ourselves from startlingly fresh perspectives.... [T]he visual feast in this book produces a life and momentum entirely of its own...." -- Waterloo County Times

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Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press (June 19, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0969557809
• ISBN-13: 978-0969557807
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,275,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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