NEH: Chronicling America's Historic German Newspapers and the Growth of the American Ethnic Press

You are subscribed to Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers for Library of Congress. This information has recently been updated, and is now available.   NEH: Chronicling America's Historic German Newspapers and the Growth of the American Ethnic Press Were Germans the most influential group in the ethnic press? For a time, yes! In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Germans came to the United States in droves. For decades, Germans were the largest non-English-speaking immigrant group in America. Between 1820 and 1924, over 5.5 million German immigrants arrived in the United States, many of them middle class, urban, and working in the skilled trades, and others establishing farming communities in the West. Their numbers and dedication to maintaining their language and culture made Germans the most influential force in the American foreign-language press in the 1880s - the 800 German-language newspapers accounted for about 4/5 of non-English publications, and by 1890, more than 1,000 German newspapers were being published in the United States.... Read more about it! Chronicling America currently includes 23 German-language titles from 9 states. This article is the first in a series of blog posts from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Preservation and Access about the history of the ethnic and foreign language content of Chronicling America, a site supported by the NEH and the Library of Congress.   This service is provided by the Library of Congress at www.LOC.gov. Unsubscribe or change your subscriber preferences For questions or problems with subscriptions, contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com Follow us: Blog | Facebook | Flickr | iTunes U | Twitter | YouTube   This email was sent to woowonemusic@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Library of Congress · 101 Independence Ave, SE · Washington, DC 20540 · 202-707-5000