{"product_id":"babel-of-the-atlantic-max-kade-research-institute-germans-beyond-europe-9780271083247","title":"Babel of the Atlantic Max Kade Research Institute","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays examining colonial Philadelphia and its surroundings as a zone of cultural and linguistic interchange. Documents everyday multilingualism and intercultural negotiations with special attention to themes of religion, education, race and the abolitionist movement, and material culture and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The volume is successful in exposing the hidden and often underappreciated role that multilingualism played in colonial Philadelphia and its surrounds. Interpreting complex transatlantic networks and cultural change through the lens of multilingual and multicultural societies forces scholars from different disciplines and traditions to collaborate to achieve a more comprehensive, panoramic assessment of these developments. These concerted efforts reveal the complex, sometimes contradictory part that certain key figures such as Benjamin Franklin played in the establishment of societal and linguistic norms.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael T. Putnam \u003ci\u003eH-Transnational German Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This fine volume is a highly welcome addition to the literature on translation and intercultural communication in the multiethnic environment of eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. \u003ci\u003eBabel of the Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003ecombines the perspectives of history, literary studies, and material culture; it brings together experts on Pennsylvania German history and culture, ethnohistory, and the history of abolitionism; and it is sensitive to issues of gender.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mark Häberlein,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Pluralism: Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730–1820\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Taken together, these essays make a strong case for more effectively and thoroughly acknowledging the approximately 120,000 German-speaking immigrant settlers who arrived in Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century, [constituting] nearly one-third of its population. In reminding us of Pennsylvania’s multicultural past, they also call on us to more fully reckon with how linguistic and cultural variation influenced the state’s early history, and they challenge us to consider the processes by which the English language and Anglo culture became normative.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Judith Ridner \u003ci\u003eEarly American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The connections across the diverse contributions in this skillfully edited volume are facilitated by a thorough index at the end. The endnotes for each chapter appear with their respective chapters. The book’s aesthetic appeal is enhanced by the inclusion of over forty high-quality black-and-white images. It is to be recommended to anyone with an interest in the multicultural history of early America, especially those wanting to learn more about the diversity of German Pennsylvania.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mark L. Louden \u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Multilingual Soundings in the Colonial Mid-Atlantic; “Differences of Manners, Languages and Extraction. Was Now No More”? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBethany Wiggin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 1 NEW WORLD, NEW RELIGIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 . “Wie ein Nimrod \/ Like a Nimrod”: Babel, Confusion, and Coercive Bilingualism in the Eighteenth-Century Mid-Atlantic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick M. Erben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 . The Moravian Threat to the Old World Establishment \u003ci\u003eCraig Atwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 . Women, Migration, and Moravian Mission: Negotiating Pennsylvania’s Colonial Landscapes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine Faull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 2 THE LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION AND ESTABLISHED RELIGIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 . Benjamin Franklin, the Philadelphia Academy, Halle, and Göttingen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJürgen Overhoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 . German or English? Halle’s Pastors in Pennsylvania and the Search for the Right Language, 1742–1820 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolfgang Flügel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 3 THE LANGUAGES OF RACE AND (ANTI-)SLAVERY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 . Writing Against Slavery: Germantown, Quakers, and the Ethnic Origins of Early Antislavery Thought \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatharine Gerbner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 . “Ein schrecklicher Zustand”: Race, Slavery, and Gradual Emancipation in Pennsylvania \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirte Pfleger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 . How the Quakers Worked with Moravians, Germans, the French, the British, and Enslaved and Free Africans: All in the Antislavery Cause \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaurice Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 4 THE LANGUAGES OF WOOD AND STONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 . Communicating Through Wood and Stone: Building a New World Identity in Pennsylvania \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia G. Falk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 . Germans in Colonial Philadelphia: Ethnicity, Hybridity,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Material World \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Minardi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400803230039,"sku":"9780271083247","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/babel-of-the-atlantic-max-kade-research-institute-germans-beyond-europe-9780271083247","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}