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Germans In Brazil: A Comparative History Of Cultural Conflict During World War I, Frederick C. Luebke
Germans In Brazil: A Comparative History Of Cultural Conflict During World War I, Frederick C. Luebke
Department of History: Faculty Publications
The first three chapters establish the historical context for understanding what happened to the Germans in Brazil during the period of the war in Europe and its immediate aftermath, 1914 to 1920. The large pattern of German settlement in Brazil, offered in Chapter I, is followed by a study of German ethnic institutions--churches, schools, societies--and the German-language press to reveal literacy levels, religious and linguistic characteristics, and the measure of assimilation (or lack thereof) into Brazilian society. Ethnic group relations, perceptions, and images, along with attendant concerns and fears, are analyzed next to show how and why the Brazilian majority …